'I feel really hurt' says Rashmika Mandanna on deepfake video, Amitabh Bachchan shows support

A video has been creating a lot of buzz since yesterday On Sunday a morphed video of Rashmika Mandanna went viral The unverified video shows a woman with Rashmikas face getting into a lift while wearing a fitted outfit The video instantly went viral and later a journalist came forward and confirmed that the video was fakeldquoThere 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 Patelrdquo he wrote on XldquoFrom 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 001 that when Rashmika deepfake was entering the lift suddenly her face changes from the other girl to Rashmikardquo he added There is an urgent need for a legal and regulatory framework to deal with deepfake in IndiaYou might have seen this viral video of actress Rashmika Mandanna on Instagram But wait this is a deepfake video of Zara PatelThis thread contains the actual video 13 pictwittercomSidP1Xa4sTmdash Abhishek AbhishekSay November 5 2023Later while resharing the video Amitabh Bachchan showed his support to his Goodbye costar Big B wrote ldquoYes this is a strong case for legalrdquoyes this is a strong case for legal httpstcowHJl7PSYPNmdash Amitabh Bachchan SrBachchan November 5 2023Now the actress herself has reacted to the clip and shared a statement She wrote I feel really hurt to share this and have to talk about the deepfake 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 today 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 wellwishers who are my protection and support system But if this happened to me when I was in school or college I genuinely cant imagine how could I ever tackle this We need to address this as a community and with urgency before more of us are affected by such identity theftI feel really hurt to share this and have to talk about the deepfake video of me being spread onlineSomething like this is honestly extremely scary not only for me but also for each one of us who today is vulnerable to so much harm because of how technology is being misusedhellipmdash Rashmika Mandanna iamRashmika November 6 2023Naga Chaitanya took to X and said Itrsquos 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 a victim to this Strength to you sicItrsquos truly disheartening to see how technology is being misused and the thought of what this can progress to in the future is even scarierAction has to be taken and some kind of law has to be enforced to protect people who have and will be a victim to this Strength to you httpstcoIKIiEJtkSxmdash chaitanya akkineni chay_akkineni November 6 2023On the work front Rashmika will next be seen in Ranbir Kapoor starrer Animal The movie even features Bobby Deol and Tripti Dimri in pivotal roles All of the reveals from Animal so far have floored audiences and garnered mixed reactionsRecently the makers of Animal took to social media to drop a poster featuring Rashmika Mandanna and Ranbir Kapoor celebrating Karwa ChauthDirected by Sandeep Reddy Vanga lsquoAnimalrsquo will hit theatres on December 1 in five languages Hindi Telugu Tamil Kannada and Malayalam The filmmaker who is known for the films Arjun Reddy and its Hindi remake Kabir Singh has claimed that Animal is going to be an extremely violent film and seems like he was not making claims in the air The teaser of Animal gave us a glimpse into the relationship shared between a father and son set in the underworld essayed by Anil Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor