A scene from a very popular Malayalam television serial was shared by certain Facebook users only to become a laughing stock on social media.
The post which targets the communist government of Kerala includes an image of a woman police officer and a man bidding goodbye with deep sadness and the accompanied text says:
"Shocking…!!! IPS officer and husband were killed by ISIS jihadis in Kerala using modern capsule bomb..!! What the commie government is doing there?? Is there no security even for an IPS??"
The above post is from a Facebook user ర ం (In Telugu) which translates to ‘Bharat Vasi’. The post got more than 2K reactions and 1K shares, at the time of writing this story. Many users who shared the post have deleted it after realising the gaffe.
The Still is from a Soap Opera
The image is a still from the tragic climax of the serial ‘Parasparam’ aired on Asianet. The lead actors who played the roles of IPS officer Deepthi and her husband Sooraj – are seen bidding goodbye to their family before the explosion of the capsule bomb they had swallowed at gun point. They had decided to sacrifice their lives by getting on to a boat and exploding in the middle of a lake to avoid casualties.
The post has received some hilarious comments and reactions. It has left many in splits that they have shared it further to expose the gaffe.
A look at the post shows that out of the 2.3K reactions, more than 2K are ‘laughing’ at it. Irritated by the reactions, the owner of post ర ం comm “Traitors only expressed happiness as comment“. This again attracted more 'laughing/haha' emojis.
Below is another user who has shared the post with a comment pointing out that the still is from the serial 'Parasparam.'
The Origin of the Image
BOOM traced the origin of the image to a Facebook post by post by ‘Marunadan Malayali‘ from the timestamp on the image. Marunadan Malayalee is an online news portal. On 31 August, the website had reported that ‘Parasparam – the 1524 episode long serial – had come to an end with a tragic climax. The article in Malayalam describes the whole episode for its readers. The serial was aired for more than four years and had gained a lot of popularity among the Malayalam audience.
(This piece was originally published on BoomLive and has been republished with permission.)
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