Fact Check: This Video Of Ajay Devgn Shaking Hands With Pakistani Players Predates The Pahalgam Attack

New Delhi (Vishvas News). A video of actor Ajay Devgn is going viral on social media, where he is seen shaking hands with Pakistani players. Some users are now sharing this video as recent, claiming that Ajay has recently met with Pakistani players.

Vishvas News, in its investigation, found the viral claim misleading. This video of Devgn dates back to 2024, when he met players from India and Pakistan during the World Championship of Legends 2024 competition held in Birmingham. The video is being made viral in connection with the controversy surrounding Diljit Dosanjh’s film ‘Sardar Ji 3’. However, the viral video is incomplete, Devgn is seen interacting with both Indian and Pakistani players in the full video.

What’s in the viral post?

Facebook page Punjab Online shared the video on July 6, 2025, writing, “Udar Bhagat says Diljit is a traitor.” “Here yesterday, their tongues were as happy with the saffron Pakistan plate as if they were starting to ripen for the first time.”

Many users have shared this post.. See the archive link of the post here.

Investigation

To investigate the viral video, we used Google Open Search Tool and searched with relevant keywords. This led us to a related report on the ABP Live website, published on July 7, 2024. According to the information provided in the report, “World Championship of Legends 2024 Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn had reached Birmingham to watch the match between India and Pakistan. Before the match, Ajay met all the players. Team India had to face defeat in this match.” We also found a related report on the verified Instagram handle of TV9 Telugu, uploaded on July 7, 2024, which stated, “Ajay Devgn met the players of India and Pakistan at Edgbaston Stadium.”

More reports related to the viral video can be seen here .

We shared the video with Dainik Jagran’s Sports Editor Abhishek Tripathi, who confirmed that this video is old and dates back to when Devgn met Indian and Pakistani players at the World Championship of Legends 2024. The series has not started yet.

Following the Pahalgam terrorist attack, tension between India and Pakistan has escalated. Amid this, Dosanjh’s film ‘Sardar Ji 3’ faced backlash due to the involvement of Pakistani actress Hania Aamir. In this context, the old video of Devgn is going viral by linking it with the recent situation, even though the footage predates the Pahalgam attack.

Finally, we scanned the Facebook page that shared the video and discovered that the page has around 6.36 lakh followers.

Conclusion: Vishvas News, in its investigation, found that this video of actor Ajay Devgn shaking hands with Pakistani players is old and dates back to the 2024 World Championship of Legends competition held in Birmingham, where he met Indian and Pakistani players. The same old video is now being shared with a misleading claim. The viral video is incomplete, and Devgn is seen shaking hands with both Indian and Pakistani players.

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• Ajay Devgn Pakistan
• Pahalgam Attack Aftermaths
• Pakistani Cricket Team