{"id":300083,"date":"2025-06-06T10:51:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T05:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=300083"},"modified":"2025-06-06T10:51:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T05:21:36","slug":"kangana-ranaut-was-not-shown-the-middle-finger-at-a-performance-viral-video-is-from-an-event-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/kangana-ranaut-was-not-shown-the-middle-finger-at-a-performance-viral-video-is-from-an-event-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Kangana Ranaut was not shown the middle finger at a performance; viral video is from an event in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A video, seemingly taken by someone in the audience during a public performance, in which event attendees are showing the middle finger to someone on stage has gone viral. Those sharing the video on social media claim that these gestures were made at Bollywood actor and filmmaker Kangana Ranaut during a concert.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Ranaut is affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party and represents Himachal Pradesh&#8217;s Mandi district in the lower house of the Parliament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On June 3, X user Amit Yadav (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Amityad6389\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@Amityad6389<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) shared the viral video and claimed that members affiliated with Hindu organisations, upset with her over something, showed her the middle finger in public. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ghostarchive.org\/archive\/vKzt9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archive<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092c\u0921\u093c\u0940 \u0916\u092c\u0930 \ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>\u0916\u092c\u0930 \u0930\u094b\u092e\u093e\u0902\u091a\u0915 \u0939\u0948 \u092c\u0940\u091c\u0947\u092a\u0940 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u0902\u0917\u0928\u093e \u0930\u0928\u094c\u0924 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u0936\u094b \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0917\u0908 \u0939\u0941\u0908 \u0925\u0940\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u0909\u0928\u094d\u0939\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u092c\u093e\u0924 \u0915\u094b \u0932\u0947\u0915\u0930 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0942 \u0938\u0902\u0917\u0920\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b \u0928\u0947 \u092e\u093f\u0921\u093f\u0932 \u092b\u093f\u0902\u0917\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u0916\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u0935\u093f\u0930\u094b\u0927 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u0915\u0902\u0917\u0928\u093e \u0930\u0928\u094c\u0924 \u0928\u0947 \u092f\u0947 \u0938\u092c \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0940 \u0915\u0939\u093e \u0915\u093f \u0915\u0948\u092e\u0930\u093e \u092e\u0948\u0902\u0928 \u0905\u091a\u094d\u091b\u0947 \u0938\u0947 \u0926\u093f\u0916\u093e\u0907\u090f \u0914\u0930 \u0907\u0928 \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0935\u093e\u092f\u0930\u0932 \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u0940\u091c\u093f\u090f\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u092b\u093f\u0930 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0925\u093e \u0935\u093e\u092f\u0930\u0932 \u0924\u094b \u0939\u094b\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0940\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ft9H1iBOhn\">pic.twitter.com\/Ft9H1iBOhn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amit Yadav (@Amityad6389) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Amityad6389\/status\/1929918702037733677?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On June 4, media outlet LocalTak (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@localtak<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) also shared the purported video alleging that members of a Hindu organisation protested against Ranaut during a show by showing her the middle finger. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ghostarchive.org\/archive\/tGJwf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archive<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">was attending a show when members of a Hindu group showed her the middle finger in protest!<\/p>\n<p>Instead of reacting with anger, Kangana calmly turned to the cameraman and said, \u201cZoom in properly and make them viral.\u201d<br \/>\nWell\u2026 viral it definitely went!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/kanganaranaut?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#kanganaranaut<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/middlefinger?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#middlefinger<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mDVZmbdaPz\">pic.twitter.com\/mDVZmbdaPz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LocalTak\u2122 (@localtak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/localtak\/status\/1930182054324351122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another X user, Amock (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/amock2029\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@amock2029<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">), also shared the clip, claiming that the actor-turned-politician was disrespected. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ghostarchive.org\/archive\/9xkEA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archive<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"in\">Kangana Ranaut \ud83d\ude33\ud83d\ude33 Itni beijjati \ud83d\ude2d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iee8GCQQPq\">pic.twitter.com\/iee8GCQQPq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amock (@amock2029) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amock2029\/status\/1929808943330517070?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Several other social media users have shared the same video with similar claims.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-300083 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\/kangana-ranaut-was-not-shown-the-middle-finger-at-a-performance-viral-video-is-from-an-event-in-pakistan\/pasted-image-16\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"477\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image.png 477w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-213x300.png 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/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\/kangana-ranaut-was-not-shown-the-middle-finger-at-a-performance-viral-video-is-from-an-event-in-pakistan\/pasted-image-2-5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"477\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-2.png 477w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-2-213x300.png 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/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\/kangana-ranaut-was-not-shown-the-middle-finger-at-a-performance-viral-video-is-from-an-event-in-pakistan\/pasted-image-3-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-3.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-3.png 475w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-3-197x300.png 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/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\/kangana-ranaut-was-not-shown-the-middle-finger-at-a-performance-viral-video-is-from-an-event-in-pakistan\/pasted-image-4-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"558\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-4.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-4.png 558w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-4-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/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\/kangana-ranaut-was-not-shown-the-middle-finger-at-a-performance-viral-video-is-from-an-event-in-pakistan\/pasted-image-5-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"559\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-5.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-5.png 559w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-5-263x300.png 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/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\/kangana-ranaut-was-not-shown-the-middle-finger-at-a-performance-viral-video-is-from-an-event-in-pakistan\/pasted-image-7-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"669\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-7.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-7.png 669w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-7-300x244.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Fact Check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We watched the video closely several times and noticed<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the words &#8216;Q High Street&#8217; displayed on the stage in the video. Q High Street is a <a href=\"https:\/\/qlinks.pk\/q-high-street-is-all-about-location\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commercial property in Lahore<\/a>, Pakistan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-300101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-05-at-4.07.11-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-05-at-4.07.11-PM.jpeg 499w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-05-at-4.07.11-PM-300x248.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During our investigation, we also found that Q High Street had organised an automotive event, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pakwheels.com\/blog\/q-high-street-presents-pakwheels-auto-show-lahore-ft-young-stunners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pak Wheels Auto Show<\/a>, on May 25. The event featured a performance by Young Stunners, a popular hip-hop duo in Pakistan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We found several posts on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/qhighstreet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Q High Street\u2019s Instagram page<\/a>, featuring Young Stunner\u2019s performance. Noticeably, the backdrop of the videos here was identical to the one that went viral.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-300083 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><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\/kangana-ranaut-was-not-shown-the-middle-finger-at-a-performance-viral-video-is-from-an-event-in-pakistan\/pasted-image-9-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-9.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-9.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-9-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-9-1024x654.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-9-768x490.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/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\/kangana-ranaut-was-not-shown-the-middle-finger-at-a-performance-viral-video-is-from-an-event-in-pakistan\/pasted-image-16-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1135\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-16.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-16.jpg 1135w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-16-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-16-1024x661.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-16-768x496.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1135px) 100vw, 1135px\" \/><\/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\/kangana-ranaut-was-not-shown-the-middle-finger-at-a-performance-viral-video-is-from-an-event-in-pakistan\/pasted-image-17\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1135\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-17.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-17.jpg 1135w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-17-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-17-1024x661.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-17-768x496.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1135px) 100vw, 1135px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-300103\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Heading-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Heading-10.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Heading-10-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Heading-10-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Heading-10-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Taking cue from this, we looked for full videos of the performance and found one on YouTube uploaded on May 29, 2025. At the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/N5vsn2cChqY?si=f0Ac3SbC7D06F8L5&amp;t=195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3:15-minute mark of the video<\/a>, the same woman who is seen in the viral clip appears as the event&#8217;s emcee. It&#8217;s fairly clear that she is not Kangana Ranaut.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-300112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Heading-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Heading-13.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Heading-13-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Heading-13-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Heading-13-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the video:<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N5vsn2cChqY?si=f0Ac3SbC7D06F8L5&amp;start=195]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum up, the viral video is from an event in Lahore, Pakistan. It does not depict members of a Hindu organisation showing the middle finger to Kangana Ranaut. The woman appearing in the video is not the Bollywood actor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>(With inputs from Diti Pujara)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video, seemingly taken by someone in the audience during a public performance, in which event attendees are showing the middle finger to someone on stage has gone viral. Those sharing the video on social media claim that these gestures were made at Bollywood actor and filmmaker Kangana Ranaut during a concert. 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