- By Akshat Sundrani
- Mon, 06 Nov 2023 11:26 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Rashmika Mandanna is currently in the spotlight due to the circulation of a morphed video featuring her. Over the weekend, a deepfake video of the Pushpa actress emerged on the internet. The unverified video depicted a woman with Rashmika's face entering an elevator. The video quickly gained widespread attention, and a journalist later confirmed that it was indeed a deepfake.
A journalist took to Platform X and shared the video. He wrote, "There is an urgent need for a legal and regulatory framework to deal with deepfake in India. You might have seen this viral video of actress Rashmika Mandanna on Instagram. But wait, this is a deepfake video of Zara Patel."
Journalist's post on Rashmika's morphed video
He added, "The original video is of Zara Patel, a British-Indian girl with 415K followers on Instagram. She uploaded this video on Instagram on 9 October. From a deepfake POV, the viral video is perfect enough for ordinary social media users to fall for it. But if you watch the video carefully, you can see at (0:01) that when Rashmika (deepfake) was entering the lift, suddenly her face changes from the other girl to Rashmika."
Amitabh Bachchan retweeted his post and urged for a legal action. He wrote, "Yes this is a strong case for legal."
For the unversed, Amitabh Bachchan and Rashmika Mandanna shared the screen in Goodbye.
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Meanwhile, on the work front, Rashmika Mandanna is currently gearing up for the release of her upcoming film, 'Animal' alongside Ranbir Kapoor. The film also stars Anil Kapoor and Bobby Deol. It is set to release on December 1, 2023. On the other hand, Amitabh Bachchan has 'Kalki 2898 AD' with Prabhas in the pipeline.