Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan did not pay tribute to Sunil Thapa through a video. The old video was created using 'AI'. The video is misleading.
What you should know
Actor Sunil Thapa passed away on Saturday. There is no shortage of tributes on social media following his death.
Meanwhile, a video is also trending on social media. Where a person who looks like Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan is paying tribute to Sunil Thapa .
The 19-second video, which has gone viral on Facebook, TikTok and YouTube, says in English, 'I am deeply saddened by the news of the demise of Nepal's senior and highly respected actor Sunil Thapa (famous for the character Ratai Kainla). His invaluable contribution to the Nepali film industry will always be remembered. I express my heartfelt condolences to his family.'
This video has been posted on a Facebook page called 'Ratan Karki 18' . As of the time of writing, the video has been viewed 191,000 times. It has been shared 136 times. It has received 423 comments and more than 10,000 reactions.
The video has also been posted on Facebook pages called 'Mahakali News', 'Nepali Online News', 'Nepali TV' and 'Social Media Nepal'. Similarly, the video has also been posted on the 'Shorts' of the YouTube channel called 'KhabarzoneNews'.
The video has also been posted on a TikTok account operated by the username '@speed8817' . As of the time of writing, the video has been viewed more than 1.4 million times. More than 155,000 'reacts' have been seen.
Is the video that has gone viral true?
We watched and listened to the viral video repeatedly. It seemed to be true, but to further verify it, we used the 'Invid Verification Tool' to separate the 'keyframes' of the video and did a 'reverse search'.
A 'reverse search' revealed an old video that matched the photo, which was posted on Amitabh Bachchan's own Instagram account on July 29, 2025. In the video, he says, 'I'm learning how to use Instagram and I hope it works. Thank you.' (English translation) The viral video and the old video have similar clothes and background. Then we were sure that this video is old. Even if we look at the keyframes of the viral video, we can see that his facial gestures are different.
Our research says that Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan did not pay tribute to Sunil Thapa through the video. It was made using 'AI'. And this video is misleading.
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