Digitally altered video is shared as visuals of Sanjay Raut crying in front of the media - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 28, 2022
A video is being widely shared on social media claiming it as visuals of Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut getting emotional and shedding tears in front of the media. In the wake of the ongoing Maharashtra Political crisis, this video is viral on social media. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Recent video of Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut getting emotional and shedding tears during a live interview.
Fact: The video shared in the post is a digitally altered video. This video was digitally created using the ‘crying’ filter in the ‘Snapchat’ application. The original video does not show Sanjay Raut getting emotional and crying in front of the media. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When we searched for this video using relevant keywords on the internet, we found the original version of the video that was published on the ‘Aaj Tak’  YouTube channel on 21 June 2022. Amid the political crisis facing the Maharashtra Government, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut spoke to the ‘Aaj Tak’ news channel and accused the Gujarat Police of capturing their rebel MLAs as hostages in Surat, Gujarat.
From 0:06 seconds of the video, we could see Sanjay Raut making similar gestures as shown in the viral video. But in the original video, Sanjay Raut was not seen getting emotional and crying in front of the media.
The video shared in the post was digitally created using the ‘Crying’ filter in the ‘Snapchat’ application. A comparison between the original and altered versions of the Sanjay Raut’s interview video can be seen below. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the video shared in the post shows a digitally altered video created using the ‘Snapchat’ application.
To sum it up, a digitally altered video is being shared as visuals of Sanjay Raut shedding tears in front of the media.