Rashmika Mandanna thanks Amitabh Bachchan for standing up against her viral deepfake video: I feel safe in a country with leaders like you | Hindi Movie News

Rashmika Mandanna has thanked Amitabh Bachchan for coming out in support of her after her deepfake video went viral on social media. She took to Twitter and replied to her Goodbye co-star tweet and wrote, “Thankyou for standing up for me sir, I feel safe in a country with leaders like you.”

Big B was one of the first ones to react after a fact checker posted the deepfake clip along with the original video of a British-Indian social media personality Zara Patel.The megastar demanded an urgent need for a legal and regulatory framework to deal with deepfakes in India. Reacting to the post, Amitabh wrote, “Yes this is a strong case for legal.”

Earlier in the day, Rashmika expressed her concern over the viral video and said that she was really hurt to see the video which shows a woman dressed in black workout onesie inside an elevator.

“I feel really hurt to share this and have to talk about the deep fake 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,” Rashmika posted on Instagram.

On the work front, Rashmika will be seen in Animal opposite Ranbir Kapoor and in the Pan-India film Pushpa 2. She also has Chaava in her kitty.