Naga Chaitanya, Mrunal Thakur, and Chinmayi Sripaada extend support to Rashmika Mandanna; after her deepfake video goes viral

Beyond Amitabh Bachchan, Rashmika Mandanna Receives Support from Celeb Friends Over Viral Deepfake Video Controversy. Notable personalities like Mrunal Thakur, Naga Chaitanya, and Chinmayi Sripaada Speak Out on the Concerns Surrounding Artificial Intelligence Misuse

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Mrunal Thakur says ‘lot of us remain silent’

Mrunal Thakur shared a message on her Instagram Stories late Monday evening. The message stated, "Shame on people who resort to such things, it shows that there is no conscience left at all in such people. Thank you @rashmika_mandanna for speaking up, for addressing this issue that so far we have seen glimpses of but a lot of us chose to remain silent. Everyday there are morphed, edited videos of female actors floating around on internet zooming into inappropriate body parts. Where are we heading as a community, as a society? We may be actresses in the "limelight" but at the end of the day each one of us are human. Why aren't we talking about it? Don't remain silent, now is not the time".

Naga Chaitanya wants action to be taken

Naga Chaitanya responded to Rashmika's tweet on Monday with the following words, "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 a victim to this. Strength to you."

Rashmika thanked him for supporting her.

Chinmayi Sripaada advocates for nationwide awareness

Chinmayi Sripaada penned a note on X to spread awareness about the issue. She wrote on X, “Several months ago, a video of one of our most favourite actors in an AI avatar performed to Kaavaalaa from Jailer released - only it wasn’t her. It was a Deep Fake. Nobody knows for sure whether Ms Simran had consented in advance to her likeness to be used in the Deep Fake AI rendering of Kaavaalaa. She shared it on her social media pages as well.”

She continued by stating, "Now a deepfake Rashmika video surfaces and I just saw her Instagram story where she genuinely looks disturbed - In a country where women’s bodies are exploited everyday, Deep Fake is going to be the next weapon they use to target and harass and blackmail girls to extort, blackmail and rape; Their clueless families in one small village or town is not going to understand when the so called maanam / or honour is at stake. Loan apps harass women borrowers with photoshopped images of their faces over porn photos and they can't deal with that. But a Deep Fake is going to be tougher for the usual untrained eye to spot. Everyone doesn’t have high-res displays. I truly hope there is a nationwide awareness campaign that can kickstart urgently to educate the general public about the dangers of deepfakes for girls and to report incidents instead of taking matters into their own hands."

In response to her message, Rashmika commented on X, saying, "Thank you @Chinmayi for creating awareness on this, hoping strict action is taken and regulated guidelines are put into place."

Work front

On the professional front, the actress recently appeared in 'Mission Majnu' alongside Siddharth Malhotra. Her upcoming project is Sandeep Reddy Vanga's 'Animal,' in which she stars opposite Ranbir Kapoor. The film also features Anil Kapoor, Suresh Oberoi, Shakti Kapoor, and Bobby Deol.

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