Tuesday, February 18th, 2025

Fact Check: Allu Arjun is paying tribute to his/her grandfather and not to Baba Saheb Ambedkar, misleading claim goes viral


New Delhi: These days, Allu Arjun is in the news on social media for his/her film Pushpa 2. Recently, one of his/her videos is being shared widely on social media. In which Allu Arjun is seen garlanding someone. While sharing these pictures and videos of Allu Arjun on social media, it was claimed that Allu Arjun is garlanding the statue of Baba Saheb Ambedkar.

What are the claims of the users?

A video was posted on social media on a YouTube channel named Kattar Ambedkarwadi in which Allu Arjun is seen garlanding a statue. While posting this video he/she wrote – Jai Bhim

Another Instagram user shared a video of Allu Arjun on which it was written – Pushpa 2 will also bow before Baba Saheb Jai Bhim.

What was found in the investigation?

To investigate the viral video, Sajjag’s team first extracted keyframes of the video. When the pictures extracted from the keyframe were searched through reverse image, a post from an X account named @TeamAAOfficial was found.

In which it was claimed that icon star Allu Arjun paid an emotional tribute to his/her grandfather Padmashree Dr. Allu Rama Lingayya on his/her birth anniversary. Three photographs and a video were posted with this post. The viral video and the video posted on this account were the same. This post was posted by @TeamAAOfficial on 1 October 2024. Now the team of Sajag started searching about the birth anniversary of Allu Arjun’s grandfather.

According to the information received from Google, his/her birth anniversary falls on 1 October. After that, Sajjag’s team started searching for any report regarding garlanding of Allu Arjun’s grandfather. After that Telugu Film Producers Council posted a short video. In which it was told that Allu Arjun is paying tribute to his/her grandfather.

conclusion: The claim on social media of Allu Arjun garlanding Baba Saheb Ambedkar is misleading. Allu Arjun is paying tribute to his/her grandfather and not to Baba Saheb Ambedkar.

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