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Watch: Famous Pakistani Tea Featured Abhinandan, the Indian Wing Commander
Other Versions
1. Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman Featured in Pakistani Tea Advertisement
2. (Hindi)
पाकिस्तानी चाय के विज्ञापन में भारतीय विंग कमांडर अभिनंदन
3. पाक की मशहूर Teal Tea के Ad में नज़र आए wing Commander अबिनंदन
Fact Check:
A viral video shared widely in Pakistan, India and elsewhere claims to show a Famous Pakistani Tea Featured Abhinandan Varthaman, the captured Indian Wing Commander. The Tapal Tea advertisement appears to show a woman spying on Abhinandan enjoying a cup of the tea. Many viewers initially believed it to be an authentic advertisement featuring the now famous Indian Wing Commander Abhinandan. However, the claim that the Pakistani Tea Featured Abhinandan in an advertisement is not a fact.
About Abhinandan Varthaman
Abhinandan Varthaman is the Indian Air Force wing-commander who was captured in Pakistan during 2019 India-Pakistan standoff that resulted after terrorist attack in Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir. On 27th February, some Pakistani aircraft intruded into Jammu and Kashmir after Indian armed forces shut down some terror outlets in Pakistan. Abhinandan, flying a MiG-21, shot down an F-16 aircraft of Pakistan Air Force before he was struck by a missile. Abhinandan ejected from the aircraft and landed in a Pakistani village. A violent local mob manhandled Abhinandan and later Pakistani soldiers rescued him. Pakistan held him for three days under captivity before releasing him into India, after pressure from India and other countries.
After his capture, Pakistan released a video showing Abhinandan Varthaman drinking a cup of tea (which he calls fantastic) and facing a small inquiry from the Pakistan army. Since then the Indian Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman became popular in India, Pakistan and worldwide. Everyone appreciated his courage and dignified act during attack and capture in Pakistan.
Indian Captured Pilot. Wing Commander Abhi. Pakistan Army will look after you as a professional Soldier because we stand for Peace. pic.twitter.com/0PfuR45UUB
— Muneeb Farooq (@muneebfaruqpak) February 27, 2019
Has a Famous Pakistani Tea Featured Abhinandan in Advert?
Tapal Tea is in fact a major tea brand in Pakistan, based in Karachi. However, they did not release any tea advertisement featuring the Indian Wing Commander Abhinandan. We found the original – old – Tapal Tea advertisement actually shows the woman spying on a lovely young couple in neighborhood who are enjoying tea in their balcony area.
The video in question is in fact a spoof, which replaced the young couple with some of the shots of Abhinandan Varthaman during his brief inquiry after capture in Pakistan. In this case, the watermark in the video @iedit_whatuwant identifies the origin of the edited Tapal Tea advertisement. The Instagram user iedit_whatuwant, like mentioned in his profile information, makes fun edits, memes & comedy. He rather shared the video on 28th February 2019 with an interesting title – Make Chai Not War.
To conclude, the video appearing to show a famous brand of Pakistani Tea featured Abhinandan in an advertisement is not real, but a spoof. It is in fact an edited one using some of the clips from Abhinandan Varthaman’s inquiry after his capture in Pakistan.
Hoax or Fact:
Hoax.
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