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Tweet Claiming SRK Will Donate Pathaan's First Day Earnings to Pak NGO is Edited

This screenshot was edited by a satirical page.

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An edited screenshot of a tweet purportedly by BBC News Hindi claiming that Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan has called Pakistan his second home and has decided to donate the first-day collection of his upcoming movie, Pathaan, to a Pakistani non-governmental organisation (NGO).

The tweet also adds that other actors from the movie, including John Abraham and Deepika Padukone, have extended their support to him.

This screenshot was edited by a satirical page.

An archive can be seen here

(Source: Facebook/Screenshot)

Archives of similar claims can be seen here and here.

Did BBC really tweet this?: This is a fabricated tweet, BBC News Hindi's official account did not tweet this.

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How did we find out the truth?: We scanned BBC News Hindi's official Twitter account and archives but did not find this tweet being made.

  • We could not find any reports about Khan donating his movie's first day's earnings to a Pakistani NGO either.

  • We noticed 'Twitter for OKsatire' written on the screenshot next to the date and timestamp.

This screenshot was edited by a satirical page.

Screenshot used in the viral posts.

(Source: Altered by The Quint)

  • On searching 'OKsatire' on Google, we came across a Facebook page with the same name.

  • The page's introduction read, "Parody Tweets That seems Real" and is under the category called Satire/parody.

This screenshot was edited by a satirical page.

It's a parody page. 

(Source: Facebook/ Altered by The Quint)

  • The page has posted the same viral screenshot carrying BBC News Hindi's name on 15 December 2022.

This screenshot was edited by a satirical page.

An archive can be seen here.

Conclusion: Clearly, this tweet was not made by BBC News Hindi, and there is no official news about Khan donating his movie earnings to a Pakistan-based NGO.

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