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Vijay Deverakonda Condemns AI-Generated Deepfake Video of Janhvi Kapoor
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In Short: Actor Vijay Deverakonda strongly condemned an AI-generated deepfake video featuring Janhvi Kapoor, calling it a serious form of digital abuse.
Actor Vijay Deverakonda has strongly condemned an AI-generated deepfake video featuring Janhvi Kapoor from the song 'Chuttamalle' in the film 'Devara: Part 1'. The video, which has been circulating on social media, uses AI to manipulate Kapoor's appearance and create sexually explicit visuals that were not part of the original song.
In a statement, Deverakonda wrote, 'We have stooped to the levels of absolute lowlife.' He also called for strict legal consequences against those responsible for creating and spreading the video.
Deverakonda's reaction came after Jr NTR, who starred alongside Kapoor in 'Devara: Part 1', spoke out against the disturbing clip and threatened legal action. Jr NTR described the creation and circulation of the video as 'disgusting, sick and shameless' and vowed to pursue every possible legal action against those responsible.
Deverakonda questioned the wider social attitude towards such content, asking when people had become so insensitive to one another and why anyone would find entertainment in degrading another person. He emphasized that this is the digital equivalent of sexual assault and urged the law to treat such acts with utmost seriousness.
Several celebrities, including Chiranjeevi, Khushbu Sundar, and Ram Gopal Varma, have also condemned the video. Khushbu Sundar, taking to X (formerly Twitter), refused to remain silent when another woman was subjected to digital manipulation and humiliation.
Chiranjeevi wrote, 'I am deeply disturbed by the use of AI to create degrading and morphed videos of a woman. Such acts are cruel, shameful and completely unacceptable. I strongly condemn them. This is not an issue concerning just one individual or one film. Today, it has happened to someone else. Tomorrow, it could happen to you, me or anyone we know. We cannot remain silent simply because it has not affected us personally. Every one of us has a responsibility to stand against this abuse.'
The controversy has renewed debate in India over AI-generated deepfakes and the growing use of the technology to create non-consensual sexualized content involving public figures.
Deverakonda's statement on X called for severe legal consequences for those behind the manipulated content, adding, 'Those who create such content and those who deliberately spread or amplify it must be held accountable under the law. This cannot be dismissed as a joke or treated as entertainment.'
Jr NTR, in a separate statement, warned that those responsible for the video should face the 'harshest possible legal consequences.' He also urged state governments and the Government of India to act strongly and bring in strict regulations against the misuse of AI.
What's confirmed
- Vijay Deverakonda has condemned an AI-morphed video featuring Janhvi Kapoor from Chuttamalle, joining Jr NTR and Chiranjeevi Vijay Deverakonda has strongly condemned the AI-generated video involving Janhvi Kapoor from Chuttamalle, calling the misuse of artificial intelligence a serious form of digital abuse.
- An altered version of Chuttamalle has been circulating on social media, with AI used to manipulate Janhvi's appearance and create sexually explicit visuals that were not part of the original song.
- “We have stooped to the levels of absolute lowlife,” Vijay wrote.
- “This is the digital equivalent of sexual assault. The law must treat such acts with utmost seriousness,” Vijay said, while extending his support to those taking a stand against the video.
- The actor's reaction came after Jr NTR, who starred alongside Janhvi in Devara: Part 1, spoke out against the disturbing clip and threatened legal action.
- Responding to Jr NTR's statement, Vijay did not hold back.
- Questioning the wider social attitude towards such content, Vijay also asked when people had become so insensitive to one another and why anyone would find entertainment in degrading another person.
- An AI-generated deepfake video that uses footage from the song “Chuttamalle” from Devara: Part 1 to depict Janhvi Kapoor in a sexually explicit and degrading manner recently surfaced online.
- “Those who create such content and those who deliberately spread or amplify it must be held accountable under the law. This cannot be dismissed as a joke or treated as entertainment,” he said.
- He added that whoever was responsible “should not be spared” and should face the “harshest possible legal consequences”.
- Must Check: SS Rajamouli on working with Prabhas, Jr NTR and Mahesh Babu, ‘I never choose an actor just because he is a superstar' Sharing his reaction, Jr NTR wrote, "Disgusting, Sick and Shameless. In a land that worships women as mothers and goddesses, where "Matrudevo Bhava" is not just a phrase but a part of our culture, some people have fallen so low that they are using AI to disrespect a woman in the most degrading way possible. Using AI to create something this vile is shameful beyond words."
What's still developing
- Using… Vijay Deverakonda has now spoken out in support of Jr NTR.
- Using AI to create something this vile is shameful beyond words." He further stated, "To the scumbags behind this morphed Chuttamalle video, I will not spare any of you.
- “As a woman, I refuse to stay silent when another woman is digitally violated, degraded and humiliated. What has been done through AI is not a joke, not entertainment and not something we should ever normalise. It is cruel, abusive and deeply shameful. It is tearing off her dignity,” she wrote.
- “As women, we must stand together and say: ENOUGH. I stand with you #JanhviKapoor. Stay strong bachcha,” she wrote.