Mrunal Thakur to Chinmayee: Film fraternities who voiced out and supported Rashmika Mandanna over the deepfake AI video

Actress Rashmika Mandanna has been making headlines with the social media trend as a fake video of her is doing the rounds. The fake video made using deepfake AI technology shows Rashmika Mandanna in Zara Patel's original video. The original video surfaced in October, and the actress's face was morphed into it. Many film celebrities came forward to share their opinions and asked the government to take proper action and create proper regulations over the use of AI technology. Here is a list of actors and actresses who shared their views on the fake video!

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Rashmika Mandanna, whose face was morphed into the video, said that she was extremely scary. Her post on X read, "I feel really hurt to share this and have to talk about the fake video of me being spread online. Something like this is honestly extremely scary, not only for me but also for each one of us who is vulnerable to so much harm because of how technology is being misused. Today, as a woman and as an actor, I am thankful for my family, friends, and well-wishers, who are my protection and support system. But if this happened to me when I was in school or college, I genuinely can’t imagine how I could ever tackle it. We need to address this as a community and with urgency before more of us are affected by such identity theft.

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The Bollywood Badshah was the first to react to the fake video, and he called out for a strong legal case. The actor also shared the information shared by a journalist about the original video featuring Zara Patel.

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On Instagram, the actress expressed her disappointment over the issue. She also thanked Rashmikaa Mandanna for opening up and addressing the issue by pointing out the troubles that women might face because of the edited and morphed videos. The actress also stressed how technological advancement has invaded privacy.

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Chinmayi took to Twitter to share the entire story of how the video surfaced online and said that she hopes for a nationwide awareness campaign and requested the government educate the general public on the dangers involved for girls and women over the deepfakes. She also asked people to report such incidents.

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Naga Chaitanya took to Twitter and said, "It’s truly disheartening to see how technology is being misused, and the thought of what this can progress to in the future is even scarier. Action has to be taken, and some kind of law has to be enforced to protect people who have and will be victims of this. Strength to you, Rashmika Mandanna."

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Expressing his concern and anger, Sai Dahram Tej said that the video is denouncing, disturbing, and distressing. He said that the misuse of advanced technology is not a right, stressed the importance of awareness, and asked the government to make stringent laws to address issues like this.

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