New Delhi: Following the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) approval to Paytm’s Initial Public Offering (IPO), which is set to be India’s biggest yet, RPG Enterprises chairman Harsh Goenka Monday tweeted a video of Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma dancing with company employees to the classic Bollywood hit ‘Apni Toh Jaise Taise‘.
“Scenes at Paytm office after SEBI approves one of India’s largest IPOs,” Goenka wrote with the video.
Scenes at Paytm office after SEBI approves one of India’s largest IPOs 😀😀@vijayshekhar pic.twitter.com/6yQHKVBm39
— Harsh Goenka (@hvgoenka) October 24, 2021
The video was re-shared by many users on social media, including commentator and market expert Sushil Kedia, congratulating Paytm and Sharma on the news.
“Wish to have similar dance as a shareholder with you upon listing at [Bombay Stock Exchange] that your colleagues are relishing with you in now…,” Kedia tweeted.
Many Congratulations @vijayshekhar on the #SEBI approval of @PayTM #ipo #biggestever…. !
Wish to have similar dance as a shareholder with you upon listing at @BSEIndia that your colleagues are relishing with you in now… pic.twitter.com/AA9uxCgqfM
— Sushil Kedia (@sushilkedia) October 24, 2021
जब सबसे ज़्यादा ख़ुशी 🙂 हो आपको तो सर जी @SrBachchan का गाना तो बनता है 🙏💐🙏 Scenes at Paytm office after SEBI approves one of India’s largest IPOs @vijayshekhar pic.twitter.com/1lMtjWu0Ow
— कवि महाशय विकास (@VikasbansalEF) October 24, 2021
Several news outlets, including Jansatta, News18 Hindi, and Times Now also reported about the video going viral.
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Fact check
Contrary to what has been stated by Goenka, Kedia and others, the video was not shot after SEBI’s approval for the IPO, though it is indeed of Sharma and his employees dancing.
The video is more than three years old, and was previously uploaded on YouTube on 8 September 2018 by user Rohitashav Goyal.
Several social media users corrected Goenka about the date of the video he shared.
While it is possible to think that Goenka might have shared it as a joke or meme, one user alleged that he “shares Whatsapp forwards on Twitter 24×7”.
Nope
Old video
— Batla_G (@Batla_G) October 24, 2021
whatsapp university graduates sharing 3 yr old videos nw with this tag is really horrible .. share karne 1 second lagta hai check karne may b 30 sec but celebs shld at least verify with google search b4 sharing when youtube video is available 3yrs old share
— Dakshay : Market Time with DD (@dakshaydesai) October 24, 2021
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