A video claiming to feature the veteran Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah The alleged stand in solidarity with the students’ protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi has gone viral on social media.Many social media users shared the video with captions saying that Shah quietly participated in the protest at Jantar Mantar along with his sons, Imaad Shah and Vivaan Shah. The widely circulated footage shows the actor standing on one side with his son by his side, watching as people walk past them.
Video of Naseeruddin Shah allegedly ‘at Jantar Mantar’ goes viral
A viral post said, “Amid the ongoing movement of students at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, Naseeruddin Shah arrived with his sons Imad and Vivan Shah. He did not give any public statement, simply stood quietly leaning on a pillar and watching the protest. He also looked at the scattered students seriously after the police action.”Another post said, “Naseeruddin Shah joined the student protest at Jantar Mantar with his sons, Imaad and Vivaan. He didn’t say anything. He just stood, watched, and stayed.The video quickly gained traction online, with many commenting on the actor attending the demonstration.
Naseeruddin Shah’s video is from Mumbai, not Delhi
However, the actor’s video was not shot in Delhi, but in Mumbai, outside the Regal Cinema, in Colaba. The footage, originally shared on Instagram by a user identified as Rajesh Gaur, shows Naseeruddin Shah standing with his children on a street corner. The video shows the man panning the camera to share visuals from outside the cinema. He even directed the camera to show that the actor was attending a screening at a theater playing the films ‘Raja Shivaji’ and the romantic comedy ‘Pati Patni Aur Woh Do’, starring Ayushmann Khurrana, Wamiqa Gabbi, Sara Ali Khan, and Rakul Preet Singh.However, in the viral clips shared online, the video appears to have been edited to exclude the footage that shows the actor was seen in a cinema and not at Jantar Mantar.The original video was posted on July 15The timing of the video further contradicts the viral claim. The footage was posted online on July 15 and posted again on July 20. But it was only on Monday that the clip went viral, on the pretext that the actor participated in the protest.
