“Arabs celebrating India’s victory over Pakistan in a cricket match and they express their joy by hugging and dancing around.”
Youturn rated this: Fake
Sport and entertainment
459 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“Actor Yash announced a donation of 50 Crore for the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The post’s photo is captured during Actor Yash’s Tirupati visit before the release of his film KGF-Chapter 2. No news reports validate the claim that he has announced 50 Crores for the construction of Ram Mandir
“Indian football team had to play the 1948 Olympics match with France on barefoot as the Nehru Government couldn’t provide shoes for the team”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: Majority of the Indian football team members played the 1948 Olympic match barefoot as they were not used to playing with shoes. The shoes given by the AIFF were not usually used by the members of the Indian team except…
“Recent picture of Aamir Khan performing aarti after the failure of his recently released film Laal Singh Chaddha”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The photo shared in the post was taken in September 2017, when Aamir Khan attended Navratri festival celebrations in Vadodara, Gujarat. As part of the promotions of his film ‘Secret Superstar’, Aamir Khan attended the N…
“Anne Heche was murdered by the illuminati because she was working on a movie about Jeffrey Epstein.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video of Aamir Khan admitting the failure of his recent film ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post shows old visuals of Aamir Khan admitting the failure of his previous action-adventure film ‘Thugs of Hindostan’. This video has nothing to do with Aamir Khan’s recent film Laal Singh Chaddha
“Claim: 2019 dated video being reshared now that actor sivakumar knocked his fan mobile”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“Actor Tom Holland is “confirmed to have died.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Rajini meets Makkal mandram executives. I am going to discuss whether to come back to politics or not. I will announce this after consulting with the Makkal mandram members – actor Rajinikanth”
Youturn rated this: Fake
“Politicians and the media did not mourn the death of former Indian hockey player Balbir Singh”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The former Indian hockey player Balbir Singh Sr died at the age of 95 at a hospital in Chandigarh on 25 May 2020. At that time, all the mainstream media channels have covered the news of Balbir Singh’s death. Several pr…
“According to a viral WhatsApp message an Indian film called “Allaah Banday” will feature an actor portraying the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).”
Soch Fact Check rated this: False
“Claim: actor vijay not copied dulquer salman for his varisu movie poster”
Fact Crescendo rated this: ALTERED
“Funny anecdote about an Arsenal football club player named David Dicks”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: There is no player with the name David Dicks, associated with the Arsenal football club. Further, we could not find evidence of any such incident associated with Arsenal.
“Claim: cricket player moeen ali not condemned india on prophet mohammad controversy”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“Video of Kareena Kapoor appealing people to not watch Laal Singh Chaddha movie”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: Kareena Kapoor made these comments speaking about the actor facing criticism of nepotism, back in 2020. Multiple news agencies reported her comments back then. These comments have nothing to do with her upcoming movie L…
“Video of singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s funeral”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: It is an old video. The video is not related to Sidhu Moose Wala’s funeral. However, there are other actual videos of the crowd at Sidhu Moose Wala’s funeral
“Claim: porn movie scene being shared as husband donated heart to his wife”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Satire
“Claim: malayalam movie clip being shared as the last moment of rajiv gandhi”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“Claim: 2013 dated tweet of actress juhi chawla being reshared now”
Fact Crescendo rated this: PARTLY FALSE
“Italian football agent Mino Raiola has died after suffering from an illness.”
PolitiFact rated this: False