A series of photos featuring Bollywood actors Abhishek Bachchan and Nimrat Kaur is widely circulating on social media, claiming that this marks Abhishek’s first public appearance since his alleged divorce from Aishwarya Rai.
The caption with the picture reads: “Abhishek Bachchan & Nimrat Kaur’s First Appearance after Divorce with Aishwarya Rai…”
The above post can be seen here (archive). More such posts can be seen here, here and here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked these images, and found them to be digitally altered.
Our fact-finding team found two viral Pictures with different descriptions.
IMAGE 1
Here, the original picture on the official website of Getty Images shows Abhishek Bachchan posing with Aishwarya Rai (in contrast to the picture in question) during the premiere of Paa on December 3, 2009 in Mumbai.
Image 2
Verifying the second picture in question, we found the original image in a Navbharat Times report, dated September 20, 2021.
Thus, it is confirmed that Aishwarya Rai’s face was digitally replaced by Nimrat Kaur’s in both photos with false narratives.
