A scripted video of an Army soldier surprising his mother who sells tender coconuts is falsely shared as a real incident

A video going viral on social media (here, here, and here) claims to show an Army soldier surprising his mother, who sells tender coconuts at a railway station, by saluting her after she unknowingly serves him. The post is shared claiming the incident to be real. Let’s verify the truth behind the video in this article.

Claim: A video shows an Army soldier surprising his mother, a tender coconut seller, by saluting her.

Fact: The video does not show a real incident; it is a scripted video made for educational purposes, uploaded on Facebook on 12 November 2024 by actress Sanjjanaa Galrani. The original video includes a disclaimer stating that the page features scripted dramas, parodies, and awareness videos. Similar disclaimers on other videos confirm that the viral video is scripted and fictional. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.

A reverse image search of the keyframes from the viral video led …