“I Feel Safe In Country With Leaders Like You” Rashmika Mandanna Thanks Big B For Support (image-instagram/rashmika_mandanna)
Rashmika Mandanna expressed her gratitude to Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan for standing up against the deepfake video of the actress which has been circulating in the internet.
She took to her official X handle and penned, “Thank you for standing up for me sir, I feel safe in the country with leaders like you.”
Thankyou for standing up for me sir, I feel safe in a country with leaders like you. https://t.co/rD9umXhKEn
— Rashmika Mandanna (@iamRashmika) November 6, 2023
The Big B has demanded legal action on this case. “Yes this is a strong case for legal,” he wrote on X.
Several other celebrities too came forward expressing their support to the actress in the ongoing issue. Rashmika reacted to the viral deepfake video on Monday and produced a statement in which she wrote that it is ‘extremely scary’ how technology is being misused. Her statement read, “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 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 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 theft”.
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.…
— Rashmika Mandanna (@iamRashmika) November 6, 2023
The deep fake video recently went viral on social media platforms. In the video, a woman with face morphed with the actress enters an elevator. The original video belongs to a British Indian social media personality Zara Patel.
Actress Mrunal Thakur expressed her support to Rashmika Mandanna for speaking out against the deepfake video and also criticised the people who are engaging in such acts.
Rashmika Mandanna made her Bollywood debut in the movie Goodbye, last year. The actress shared screen with Amitabh Bachchan in the movie.
