{"id":167619,"date":"2023-10-06T20:25:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T14:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=167619"},"modified":"2023-10-06T20:27:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T14:57:26","slug":"no-shah-rukh-khan-did-not-slap-fan-for-remarks-on-dunki-7-yr-old-video-viral-with-false-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-shah-rukh-khan-did-not-slap-fan-for-remarks-on-dunki-7-yr-old-video-viral-with-false-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Shah Rukh Khan did not slap fan for remarks on &#8216;Dunki&#8217;; 7-yr-old video viral with false claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 13-second clip featuring Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan is being shared on social media with the claim that he slapped a fan when they told him that the actor&#8217;s upcoming film &#8216;Dunki&#8217; was a remake of a Malayalam movie called CIA. In the short clip, one can see Shah Rukh Khan suddenly charging at someone in the crowd when his security team stops him.<\/p>\n<p>X (formerly Twitter) Blue user Tolly hub (@tolly_hub) shared the above-mentioned clip with the following caption: &#8220;This is Bizarre !! #SRK was seen slapping a fan when someone from crowd shouted that #Dunki is a remake of 2017 Malayalam movie #CIA No matter how much famous you get, never play with the emotions of Fans. A lesson for #ShahRukhKhan. #Ugramm #SalaarVsDunki #Prabhas #Tiger3 #SalmanKhan #Salaar&#8221;. The tweet has received over 83,000 views and has been retweeted over 400 times. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/u6bGk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is Bizarre !!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SRK%F0%93%83%B5?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SRK\ud80c\udcf5<\/a> was seen slapping a fan when someone from crowd shouted that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dunki?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Dunki<\/a> is a remake of 2017 Malayalam movie <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CIA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CIA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>No matter how much famous you get, never play with the emotions of Fans.<\/p>\n<p>A lesson for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShahRukhKhan%F0%93%83%B5?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShahRukhKhan\ud80c\udcf5<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ugramm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ugramm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SalaarVsDunki?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SalaarVsDunki<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Prabhas%F0%93%83%B5?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Prabhas\ud80c\udcf5<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0OaAe9f1Ej\">pic.twitter.com\/0OaAe9f1Ej<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tolly hub (@tolly_hub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tolly_hub\/status\/1708686179347099982?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several other users on X (formerly Twitter) have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Dunki%20is%20a%20remake%20of%20movie%20%23CIA%20filter%3Avideos&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared<\/a> the same clip with the above claim.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-167619 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-shah-rukh-khan-did-not-slap-fan-for-remarks-on-dunki-7-yr-old-video-viral-with-false-claims\/screenshot-2023-10-06-150923\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1202\" height=\"1377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-06-150923.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-06-150923.jpg 1202w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-06-150923-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-06-150923-894x1024.jpg 894w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-06-150923-768x880.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1202px) 100vw, 1202px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-shah-rukh-khan-did-not-slap-fan-for-remarks-on-dunki-7-yr-old-video-viral-with-false-claims\/screenshot-2023-10-06-151002\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1213\" height=\"1566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-06-151002.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-06-151002.jpg 1213w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-06-151002-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-06-151002-793x1024.jpg 793w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-06-151002-768x991.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-06-151002-1190x1536.jpg 1190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1213px) 100vw, 1213px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-shah-rukh-khan-did-not-slap-fan-for-remarks-on-dunki-7-yr-old-video-viral-with-false-claims\/screenshot-2023-10-06-150903\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1176\" height=\"1136\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-06-150903.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-06-150903.jpg 1176w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-06-150903-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-06-150903-1024x989.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-06-150903-768x742.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1176px) 100vw, 1176px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>We broke down the clip into multiple keyframes and ran a reverse image search on a few of them. This led us to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BKiQyhegE3v\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram post<\/a> from September 2016. The post consisted of a longer version of the now-viral clip which shows the Bollywood actor interacting with fans after the viral bit takes place. The clip is not recent as claimed by social media users.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-167630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-06-153558.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1862\" height=\"1103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-06-153558.jpg 1862w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-06-153558-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-06-153558-1024x607.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-06-153558-768x455.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-06-153558-1536x910.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1862px) 100vw, 1862px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Instagram post was made by the media outlet Bollywood Life. We also came across a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bollywoodlife.com\/news-gossip\/shocking-shah-rukh-khan-hits-back-at-a-fan-watch-video-798438\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the outlet regarding the video. The report mentioned that the incident occurred during the time when Shah Rukh Khan was filming for Imtiaz Ali&#8217;s &#8220;The Ring&#8221; (Jab Harry Met Sejal) in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<p>Taking a hint from the above findings we ran a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=shah+rukh+khan+amsterdam+angry+fan&amp;sca_esv=571272750&amp;rlz=1C1CHBF_enIN1076IN1076&amp;source=lnt&amp;tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A9%2F15%2F2016%2Ccd_max%3A9%2F25%2F2016&amp;tbm=&amp;bshm=rimc\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">keyword search<\/a> that led us to several related media reports from 2016. As per a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.abplive.com\/entertainment\/movies\/tussle-in-turkey-angry-shah-rukh-khan-pushes-away-a-fan-418804\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> by ABP Live, the incident occurred in Turkey when Shah Rukh was travelling across several places in Europe for the shoot. From an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/movies\/gossip\/story\/shah-rukh-khan-angry-scuffle-turkey-imtiaz-ali-pushing-fan-341975-2016-09-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">India Today report<\/a> about the same incident we came across another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BKipEkOAdCp\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram post<\/a> from Bollywood Life. In this clip, Shah Rukh Khan can be seen walking and briefly interacting with his fans when a man grabs the actor by his neck and as a reaction, Khan pushes him off.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BKipEkOAdCp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Therefore, the claim that Shah Rukh Khan slapped a fan because he said &#8216;Dunki&#8217; was a remake of the Malayalam movie &#8216;CIA&#8217; is false. The video is seven-year old. Khan pushed off a man when the latter grabbed his neck during an interaction with fans in Turkey.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 13-second clip featuring Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan is being shared on social media with the claim that he slapped a fan when they told him that the actor&#8217;s upcoming film &#8216;Dunki&#8217; was a remake of a Malayalam movie called CIA. 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