Zara Patel, whose video was used to create Rashmika Mandana deepfake, is ‘deeply disturbed'

Rashmika Mandanna hit the headlines on Monday after a deepfake video of hers started circulating on social media. After the video went viral, the actor expressed how hurt and scared she was and netizens demanded legal action against the creator of the video.

Now, the girl in the video, British-Indian Instagram influencer Zara Patel has reacted and said she worries about the future of women.

She took to Instagram and wrote, ‘hi all, it has come to my attention that someone created a deepfake video using my body and a popular Bollywood actress's face. I had no involvement with the deepfake video, and I'm deeply disturbed and upset by what is happening. I worry about the future of women and girls who now have to fear even more about putting themselves on social media. Please take a step back and fact-check what you see on the internet. Not everything on the internet is real. I'm deeply upset by what is happening.’