News Outlets Share Scripted Video as Real Incident of Daughter Marrying Father

The video is a scripted one and does not show a real incident of a woman marrying her father.

The video does not show a real incident and is a scripted one.

(Source: X/Altered by The Quint)

A video showing a young woman standing with an older man was widely shared across news organisations and social media, claiming that it shows a 24-year-old woman after she married her 50-year-old father.

Among those sharing this clip are news organisations Zee News, News 18, Deccan Herald, Loksatta, TV9 Marathi, Times Now Navbharat, and Samajwadi Party leader Jaysingh Yadav.

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(Archives of more posts sharing this claim can be seen here, here, and here.)

Is it true?: No, the viral claim is false.

• In reality, the clip shows a scripted video and not a real incident of a woman marrying her father.

How did we find out the truth?: At the 33-seconds mark in the video shared by Singh, we noticed a disclaimer popping up at the bottom of the screen.

• While the disclaimer was mostly covered by text, its bottom line mentioned the name 'Ankita Karotiya'.

We noticed a disclaimer and a name at the bottom of the video.

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Taking screenshots from this video, we ran a reverse image search on Google, adding the name as a search term.

• The results led us to a woman's Instagram account and YouTube channel bearing the same name.

• Her Instagram account's bio mentioned that she is a video creator, identifying herself as a Delhi-based 'prankster'.

The account belongs to a content creator.

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On the channel, we came across a longer version of the viral video, which was shared on 2 November 2024.

Here, we saw that the disclaimer had clarified that the video was "for entertainment purposes only," confirming that the video was a scripted one.

The video was made for "entertainment purposes."

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We also came across other videos where she appeared to marry two other men, which can be viewed here and here.

The woman has more videos of her 'marrying' other people.

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In another video, we spotted the man from the viral video, who played the role of the woman's father-in-law this time.

This video, too, carried the same disclaimer.

We found another video showing the same man, playing a different role.

(Source: YouTube/Altered by The Quint)

Conclusion: A scripted video has gone viral with the false claim that it shows a woman marrying her father.

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