{
  "id": 12138254,
  "title": "'Made Crores Of People See The Objectionable Link': RGV Criticises Celebs For Reacting To Janhvi Kapoor's AI-Morphed Chuttamalle Video",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/made-crores-of-people-see-the-objectionable-link-rgv-criticises",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-05T10:36:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/made-crores-of-people-see-the-objectionable-link-ram-gopal-varma-criticises-celebrities-for-reacting-to-janhvi-kapoors-ai-morphed-chuttamalle-video"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ram Gopal Varma, a filmmaker, has criticized celebrities for their reactions to the AI-morphed video of Janhvi Kapoor in the song Chuttamalle from Devara: Part 1. The video appears to depict Janhvi in a sexually explicit and demeaning manner, sparking a debate online and reigniting concerns about the misuse of artificial intelligence to create manipulated content. Following the condemnation from Jr NTR and Janhvi, other celebrities like Vijay Deverakonda, Chiranjeevi, and Khushbu Sundar also spoke out against the misuse of AI and the dissemination of such content.\n\nVarma questioned why discussing the manipulated video may have inadvertently brought more attention to the offensive content. He argued that the only thing the celebrities accomplished was publicizing the objectionable link, thereby exposing millions of people to the offensive material. He believed that instead of focusing on the offender and publicizing their identification, the celebrities' social media posts drew excessive attention to the victim's identity and the offensive material.\n\nJanhvi Kapoor expressed her disapproval of the misuse of technology to objectify women, stating that sharing fictionalized content without consent is deeply violating. She emphasized that consent must be respected at all times, and even if a woman agrees to something multiple times and then says no, her \"no\" must be respected. Janhvi also highlighted that a woman's choice regarding her body, attire, and boundaries is her own, regardless of societal expectations. She described this as a fundamental principle that should be understood and respected.\n\nJr NTR was among the first to criticize the video, calling it \"disgusting, sick and shameless\" and demanding legal action against those responsible.",
  "summary": "Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has reacted to the AI-morphed video featuring Janhvi Kapoor and Jr NTR's song Chuttamalle from their 2024 film Devara: Part 1. The video, which allegedly depicts Janhvi in a sexually explicit and degrading manner, sparked a debate online and renewed concerns over the misuse of artificial intelligence to create manipulated content. After Jr NTR and Janhvi condemned the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}