A video of a Popular Actress Rashmika Mandanna has taken the Internet by Storm. In this video, the actress, who is dressed casually, can be seen entering the lift. Users on social media platforms are fiercely sharing this video. Not only on X(Twitter), and Instagram but the video is going viral on YouTube as well.

Viral video claims:

A user named Your Random Pervert shared this video on X(Twitter) and wrote: “Queen #RashmikaMandanna, holding the lift to get on and travel along… Might be a lookalike too… But can’t take eyes off her”

Video was shared on Instagram and YouTube as well

We found that the video was shared on Instagram as well as YouTube.

Fact-Check

To verify the authenticity of the viral video, the DFRAC team observed it minutely. We found that the video is deepfake.

What we found in our investigation

We found that the video is actually a ‘deepfake’ and was created with the help of an AI tool. The actress’s face suddenly changed from the other girl to Rashmika at 0:01 in the video as she was entering the lift. The Collage provided below will show you the difference.

What is ‘deepfake’?

Deepfake is a synthetic media that has been digitally manipulated to replace one person’s likeness convincingly with that of another using powerful techniques from Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.

Source of Original Video.

The girl shown in the viral video is a British Indian girl, Zara Patel. Moreover, the original video can be seen on her Instagram account which was posted on October 9.

Conclusion

It is proved from DFRAC’s Fact-Check that the viral video of Rashmika Mandanna is misleading as it is indeed a deepfake, made by using an AI tool.