Claim: Dhruv Rathee targeted Jhanvi Kapoor in his video after she posted in support of Bangladeshi Hindus
Conclusion: The claim is false. While Dhruv Rathee did use her photo in the thumbnail, the video discusses about the impact of cosmetic surgeries on society, not about her post on Bangladeshi Hindus.
Rating: Totally False — 
Several social media users have claimed that Dhruv Rathee has targeted Jhanvi Kapoor in his Youtube video after she supported Bangladeshi Hindus. Verified X user ‘chixxsays’ made such a post with the caption: “Janhavi Kapoor posted about Bangladeshi Hindus and Dhruv Rathee immediately made a video using her pic in an inappropriate way. How can someone even support this guy.” This implies a direct, rapid response targeting her stance which led to Rathee making the video “The dark side of beauty” against Jhanvi. View the post below:
Janhavi Kapoor posted about Bangladeshi Hindus and Dhruv Rathee immediately made a video using her pic in an inappropriate way
How can someone even support this guy pic.twitter.com/B79kev39dQ
— ` (@chixxsays) December 25, 2025
Other users have shared similar claims which can be seen here and here.
FACT CHECK
DigitEYE India decided to investigate this claim and found it to be false. Jhanvi Kapoor’s post supporting Bangladeshi Hindus and Dhruv Rathee’s video “Rathee’s “The FAKE Beauty of Bollywood Celebrities!” was released on 25 December, 2025.
While Rathee did use Jhanvi’s photo in the thumbnail, there is no direct evidence which links the video’s creation to her statement alongside Rathee clarifying that he did not attack her in the video. Throughtout the video he speaks about various cosmetic surgeries like lip fillers, nose correction, skin lightening etc., and its negative impact on soceity.
Details:
We first conducted a web search with the phrase “Jhanvi Kapoor post on supporting Bangladeshi Hindus” to learn about the claim. On December 25, 2025, she shared an Instagram Story condemning the lynching of Dipu Chandra Das, a 30-year-old Hindu garment worker in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh district. As per a report by NDTV, she described it as “barbaric” and urged action against such violence regardless of location. View the screenshot of her post taken from the report below –
Dhruv Rathee uploaded the video, “The FAKE Beauty of Bollywood Celebrities!” on YouTube on December 25, 2025, running approximately 26 minutes and criticising cosmetic procedures’ societal impact. The video discusses celebrities like Shruti Hassan, Priyanka Chopra among others but does not attack Jhanvi Kapoor specifically. View the video and screenshot showcasing the date of the video below:
Following this, we checked the video’s thumbnail which prominently displays before-and-after images of Kapoor to illustrate plastic surgery effects. On 26 December, 2025, Dhruv Rathee in an X post defended himself, stating that it takes a lot of time to make a video like that. Moreover, he himself previously made content supporting Dipu Chandra Das and at no point did he specifically attack Jhanvi Kapoor.
Let’s ignore the fact that it takes days to make a video like that.
Let’s also ignore the fact that I myself made a video in support of Dipu Chandra Das
The funny thing is where did I even “attack” Jahnvi specifically in that video? Nowhere.
— Dhruv Rathee (@dhruv_rathee) December 25, 2025
On December 27, 2025, Rathee once again defended his video, reiterating that the video is on that it was not possible to research, edit, and publish the video on the same day Jhanvi Kapoor’s post about “Dipu Chandra Das” on Instagram.
Addressing allegations about changing the thumbnail after Jhanvi Kapoor’s post, he stated that changing or having multiple thumbnails is part of an A/B testing strategy, something he said he has done with his previous videos as well. Rathee further claimed that the accusations were aimed at brainwashing viewers and affirmed no intent to mock her for the Bangladesh post and mentions about his own prior content on similar issues.
Did I mock Janhvi Kapoor for her post on Bangladeshi Hindus?
Watch full video: https://t.co/xEdy3U616h pic.twitter.com/tlZNQy1D3i
— Dhruv Rathee (@dhruv_rathee) December 27, 2025
DigitEYE India did not find any evidence to support the allegation that the video was created in response to Jhanvi Kapoor’s post on Bangladeshi Hindus.
Thus, the claim is false.
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