Nagarjuna Cement Plane

Is Nagarjuna Cement Plane Vs. Skyscraper Ad Fake? Fact-Checking The Viral 9/11 Meme

Have you seen a viral video in which an animated aircraft bounces off a skyscraper with a cartoonish sound, continued by a jingle for an Indian cement company Nagarjuna Cement? If you thought that making a 9/11 reference in your advertisement would be in bad taste, Nagarjuna Cement would agree with you, because the supposed advertisement you saw is actually a fake stitched from two different videos. Learn who made the animation and more below.

Is Nagarjuna Cement A Real Company?

Nagarjuna Cement is a real company located in Suryapet. The company produces and supplies cement to construction companies and other businesses in India.

In May 2021, Nagarjuna Cement released an advertisement starring brand ambassador Varun Tej. The last part of the advertisement would later appear in the viral video.


Where Does ‘Nagarjuna Cement Ad’ Meme Come From?

On February 20th, animator Wraysque posted a 3D animation of an aircraft bouncing off the World Trade Center with Bonk sound effect to YouTube and Instagram. The post was later removed from Instagram, but was reuploaded by other users and shared on Discord.


Prior to March 9th, user @ahaa_aditya took two videos and stitched them together, as if Nagarjuna Cement was making a 9/11 reference in their advertisement by saying that if World Trade Center was made of their cement the September 11th, 2001, attacks would have comically failed. While the video was later deleted by @ahaa_aditya from their accounts, it went viral through reposts.


Did Nagarjuna Cement Comment On The Fake Ad?

On March 19th, 2024, Nagarjuna Cement issued a statement on their X / Twitter account, clarifying that the circulated video was fake and they had nothing to do with it.

Nagarjuna Cement AGARJUNA @CementNagarjuna Kind Attn: For the past few days this meme has been circulated on social media platforms.We would like everyone to know that we have nothing to do with this content or the creator and we wish to report the illegal usage of our copyrighted/trademark brand logo and our ad content. @ahaa_aditya LAZYMENNERS SendAT A THOUGHT, WHAT A VISION... lazy_memerzz Follow LAZYMEMERS 10:28 PM · Mar 19, 2024 346 Views 43.1K 185 118K

For the full history of Nagarjuna Cement Ad, be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for more information.




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