Actor Ajay Devgan received the award for Tanaji, not for improvement in education and health, viral claim is misleading

New Delhi: A collage of some pictures of Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan is being shared on social media, in which Ajay Devgan can be seen with President Draupadi Murmu. Many children are also seen with Ajay in the collage. Now some users are sharing this collage and claiming that Ajay Devgan has recently received an award. Vishvas News in its investigation found the viral claim to be misleading. Actually, this photo of Ajay Devgan is from the 68th National Film Award of the year 2022. When he/she was awarded the title of Best Actor. he/she received this award for the film Tanaji. People are sharing old things as recent ones.

What is there in the viral post?
social media user While sharing the viral post, ‘Vikram Kanth’ wrote that Ajay Devgan got the award, everyone congratulates a big star like Shahrukh, today you will not congratulate Ajay Devgan. Archive link of viral post Here Can be seen.

Claim found misleading during investigation
To investigate the viral claim, Vishvas News searched with related keywords. The picture dated 2022 was found viral on many news websites. Picture found on ANI’s X handle. Photo has been uploaded on 30 September 2022. According to the information given, Ajay Devgan has been honored with the award for the film ‘Tanaji: The Unsung Warrior’ at the 68th National Film Awards.

We found the viral picture in a news published on peepingmoon.com website. The news published on October 1, 2022 reported, “Actor Ajay Devgan has won his/her third Best Actor Award for the film ‘Tanaji: The Unsung Warrior’.”

A video has also been found on the official YouTube channel of Doordarshan National. The video has been uploaded on 30 September 2022. According to the information given, Ajay Devgan received the National Award for Best Actor for the film ‘Tanaji: The Unsung Warrior’. related to video other news Can be read here.

We found Ajay Devgan’s picture with children on Mid Day’s X handle. On October 14, 2024, Mid Day shared the pictures on its verified X handle. share Have done. According to the information given, directors Rohit Shetty and Ajay Devgan promoted “Singham Again” with school children. Searched regarding National Film Awards of the year 2024. We got complete information about this year’s wieners in the news published on October 8, 2024.

Contacted Smita Srivastava, chief correspondent covering Bollywood at Dainik Jagran, for confirmation. he/she told Vishvas News that this picture of Ajay Devgan is old. Finally, we scanned the account of the user who shared the photo with the false claim. We found that the user is followed by 5 thousand people.

conclusion: Vishvas News in its investigation found that the viral picture claiming that Ajay Devgan had recently received an award is older. Actually, this photo of Ajay is from the year 2022, when he/she received the National Award for Best Actor for the film ‘Tanaji: The Unsung Warrior’. The same picture is now being shared as recent.

(This story was originally published Vishvas News And republished by NBT as part of Shakti Collective.)