Amitabh Bachchan’s fake pic, Deepika Padukone’s Insta update and other ways in which Bollywood adhered to 9 min at 9pm

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Amitabh Bachchan’s fake pic, Deepika Padukone’s Insta update and other ways in which Bollywood adhered to 9 min at 9pm
  • Amitabh Bachchan was among the many twitter users who shared a fake picture of the 9 pm-9 minute on April 5.
  • Hundreds of twitter users claimed that this picture was shared by The National Aeronautics and Space Administration after 9pm.
  • NASA has not shared any satellite pictures yet.
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Soon after India came out to light diyas and candles to show solidarity on April 5, fake pictures of the 9 pm-9 minute event started doing the rounds on social media. Among the ones who shared it was Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan.



Hundreds of Twitter users claimed that this picture was shared by The National Aeronautics and Space Administration after 9pm on Sunday. However, that is false. NASA has not shared any satellite pictures yet.

Moreover, it was not just one photo. There were many fake images. Some of these pictures are the same as those widely circulated on Diwali. While these images were shared by some international institutions but it is not related to with how India looked after millions of people came to their balconies with torches and candles.

Here’s how it actually went:

Many Bollywood stars including Amitabh Bachchan, Lata Mangeshkar, Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar, lit candles and lamps on Sunday, responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to show solidarity in the country's fight against coronavirus.

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The prime minister on Friday, urged people to switch off lights at their homes and light lamps, candles or turn on mobile phone torches for nine minutes at 9 pm on April 5 as a gesture to "challenge the darkness spread by the corona crisis".


Bachchan, 77, shared pictures of him lighting a torch, mentioning a line from his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan's poem in the caption.



Mangeshkar shared a photo of herself lighting a diya. Akshay Kumar posted a picture of him holding a candle.

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Sharing a picture with his wife Latha, superstar Rajinikanth tweeted, "#StayHomeStaySafe #Solidarity #Unity #IndiaFightsCoronavirus." Actor couple Deepika-Ranveer shared a picture, where the "Gully Boy" star is holding a candle. "9pm9Minutes" the duo captioned the picture.

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Anil uploaded a video on the microblogging site and captioned it as: "All in this together." The clip showed his house, decked with lamps, with the "Malang" actor holding a candle and walking with prayer chants in the background.


Madhuri Dixit said people are united in order to fight this pandemic.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan shared a family picture with lamps, sans caption on Instagram.Actor Alia Bhatt said light holds more depth than just "illuminating our lives" and in the current times, it signifies hope.
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Actor Anushka Sharma shared a picture of her lighting a lamp, along with cricketer-husband Virat Kohli, and wrote how she has prayed every day since "the turn of the recent events across the world".


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Actor Vicky Kaushal shared a picture of candle diyas on Instagram Story and captioned it as "light and positivity to all!"

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Filmmaker Karan Johar took to Instagram and shared a video, where his children, Ruhi and Yash, along with his mother Hiroo, lit candles and used flashlights.
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Among those who also shared their pictures of lighting candles were Taapsee Pannu, Paresh Rawal, Randeep Hooda, Sunil Grover, Pawan Kalyan, Dulquer Salmaan, Nagarjuna, Janhvi Kapoor, among others.
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This was the second such mass activity undertaken by the citizens of the country after PM Modi''s March 22 Janata Curfew initiative, where people clapped and clangled utensils to express gratitude to those who have been providing essential services during this crisis. However, there were stars who also criticised the use of firecrackers during this exercise.

"People are bursting crackers. Just FYI. The dogs are freaking out. Do people think it's Diwali? I'm so confused," tweeted Sonam Kapoor. Actor Adil Hussain also wondered why some people in south Delhi burst crackers.
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