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he video, produced by Censor Board Chief Pahlaj Nihalani, compares Modi to Gandhi while highlighting his pet programmes but uses visuals from around the world while passing them off as India's achievements.
Scroll Staff · Today · 04:38 pm
Photo Credit:YouTube
Those who caught the latest Salman Khan starrer Prem Ratan Dhan Payoin theaters last week were in for a surprise. Bundled with the movie came a music video that heaped praise on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The video, produced by Censor Board Chief Pahlaj Nihalani, is dedicated to Modi, and compares him to Mahatma Gandhi while highlighting his pet programmes such as Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan and Make in India.
What went unnoticed at least initially, however, was that most visuals that the video passed off as India’s achievements under Modi in various spheres were apparently taken from other countries.
It started with a thread on Twitter when user @SandyGrains wondered if anyone had started listing out things in the video that were not Indian.
Sandy@sandygrains
HAHAHA. Just saw the Nahilani Modi video. Has anyone made a list of all the things in it that's not Indian? Because I have one.
1:23 PM - 15 Nov 2015
First, it was something from Dubai and France that came to light.
Sandy@sandygrains
That's expressway construction in Dubai.
Sandy@sandygrains
That's Tour de France
Soon, others joined in, pointing out other instances too. Like an aircraft, which apparently belongs to the US Navy.
Even the business centre showed in the video was not in India, as per this Twitter user.
That's Moscow's International Business Centre.
Nor did the space shuttles and satellites.
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Sandy@sandygrains
That's most std ever stock photo of "solar panels & wind turbines" from California. I mean even *i* have used this
The list did not end there. The International Space Station also appeared plastered with the Make In India symbol in the video.
Sandy@sandygrains
That's the International Space Station, FFS. You can't point at it, put a lion on it, & say "Yeh kamal hai Modi ka."
1:41 PM - 15 Nov 2015
[URL='https://twitter.com/sandygrains']Sandy@sandygrains
(Or the Chinese station, I could be wrong) But it's definitely not made in India.
1:43 PM - 15 Nov 2015
Sandy@sandygrains
That's the Discovery shuttle. At least find stuff people can't recognise on sight.
1:45 PM - 15 Nov 2015
While the warship carrier appeared to be INS Vikramaditya to those on Twitter, the flag made things dubious.
Peter Griffin@zigzackly
@sandygrains Formerly known as the Admiral Gorshkov, made in Russia. IIRC, purchased in 2004 by prev NDA gov, delivered in 2013, pre-Modi
Sandy@sandygrains
Okay that's all I've got. There are other things like fields and cities which I couldn't recognise but it doesn't matter. What a joke.
The ღ@brokesilver
@sandygrains looks like whole video had nothing Indian in i
And to top it all, @Sandygrains tweeted that her tweets were now being copied and pasted in YouTube comments under the video.
Sandy@sandygrains
Hey cool, my tweets are appearing as comments on the video now. I mean, irony just killed itself...
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Scroll Staff · Today · 04:38 pm
Photo Credit:YouTube
Those who caught the latest Salman Khan starrer Prem Ratan Dhan Payoin theaters last week were in for a surprise. Bundled with the movie came a music video that heaped praise on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The video, produced by Censor Board Chief Pahlaj Nihalani, is dedicated to Modi, and compares him to Mahatma Gandhi while highlighting his pet programmes such as Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan and Make in India.
What went unnoticed at least initially, however, was that most visuals that the video passed off as India’s achievements under Modi in various spheres were apparently taken from other countries.
It started with a thread on Twitter when user @SandyGrains wondered if anyone had started listing out things in the video that were not Indian.
Sandy@sandygrains
HAHAHA. Just saw the Nahilani Modi video. Has anyone made a list of all the things in it that's not Indian? Because I have one.
1:23 PM - 15 Nov 2015
First, it was something from Dubai and France that came to light.
Sandy@sandygrains
That's expressway construction in Dubai.
Sandy@sandygrains
That's Tour de France
Soon, others joined in, pointing out other instances too. Like an aircraft, which apparently belongs to the US Navy.
Even the business centre showed in the video was not in India, as per this Twitter user.
That's Moscow's International Business Centre.
Nor did the space shuttles and satellites.
Follow
Sandy@sandygrains
That's most std ever stock photo of "solar panels & wind turbines" from California. I mean even *i* have used this
The list did not end there. The International Space Station also appeared plastered with the Make In India symbol in the video.
Sandy@sandygrains
That's the International Space Station, FFS. You can't point at it, put a lion on it, & say "Yeh kamal hai Modi ka."
1:41 PM - 15 Nov 2015
[URL='https://twitter.com/sandygrains']Sandy@sandygrains
(Or the Chinese station, I could be wrong) But it's definitely not made in India.
1:43 PM - 15 Nov 2015
Sandy@sandygrains
That's the Discovery shuttle. At least find stuff people can't recognise on sight.
1:45 PM - 15 Nov 2015
While the warship carrier appeared to be INS Vikramaditya to those on Twitter, the flag made things dubious.
Peter Griffin@zigzackly
@sandygrains Formerly known as the Admiral Gorshkov, made in Russia. IIRC, purchased in 2004 by prev NDA gov, delivered in 2013, pre-Modi
Sandy@sandygrains
Okay that's all I've got. There are other things like fields and cities which I couldn't recognise but it doesn't matter. What a joke.
The ღ@brokesilver
@sandygrains looks like whole video had nothing Indian in i
And to top it all, @Sandygrains tweeted that her tweets were now being copied and pasted in YouTube comments under the video.
Sandy@sandygrains
Hey cool, my tweets are appearing as comments on the video now. I mean, irony just killed itself...
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