New Delhi: Social media users are sharing a video clip in which a cleric can be heard warning Hindus to leave Kashmir. It’s a clip from a movie based on Kashmir.
Vishvas News found this claim to be misleading. According to news reports, including BBC, during the 1990s, Muslim terrorist groups in Kashmir targeted minority Hindus, killed them, set houses on fire, vandalised religious places, and warned them to leave the valley using mosque loudspeakers.
However, the viral clip is not related to a real incident.
What is viral?
Instagram user ‘proudbhartiya__’ shared the viral video, with an aggressive caption, instigating Hindus to “wake up”.
Actors Hiten Tejwani and Manoj Joshi are seen in the viral video clip, confirming that the viral clip is from a film.
Based on this, we investigated further and found the original source of the video clip on imdb.com. It is from the trailer of the film Mudda 370 J&K.
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The film is reportedly based on real events in Kashmir, “In 1990, an estimated population of around seven lakh Hindu Kashmiris were forcibly uprooted from their homeland by the Muslim fundamentalists of Kashmir in collaboration with the Pakistani Army.”
These incidents are documented in several reports and books.
We contacted senior film journalist Parag Chhapekar regarding the viral video clip. He confirmed that the footage is from the film Mudda 370 J&K.
The user who shared the viral video clip with the misleading claim has nearly two lakh followers on Instagram.
Conclusion
A visual from the 2019 Kashmir film Mudda 370 J&K is being falsely shared as real footage of the 1990 exodus of Hindus from Kashmir. While historical records confirm that anti-Hindu slogans were appealed from mosques in the Kashmir Valley, the viral video clip is not of that incident, but a visual depiction from the film.
This story was originally published by Vishvas News as part of the Shakti Collective. Apart from the headline, excerpt and introduction, this story has not been edited by ThePrint staff.