Viral Deepfake Videos featuring Monalisa Bhosle from Mahakumbh Circulate Online
Introduction
A set of visuals featuring Monalisa Bhosle, a girl from the Mahakumbh festival who went viral, dancing and posing for photojournalists have been circulated online. The posts have been shared following reports of her signing a Hindi movie.
Background
Bhosle, a girl from the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, gained fame after her images were circulated on social media. She was selling beads with her family at the Mahakumbh festival, one of the largest Hindu gatherings in the world, which began on January 13, 2025, and will continue until February 26.
Viral Videos Analysis
The viral clips surfaced on various platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and X. One such video shows Bhosle wearing a red dress and dancing to a Hindi song at a riverbank, the second video shows her in a black dress dancing at a beach, and the third one shows her waving and posing for photojournalists.
Identification of Deepfakes
Logically Facts found that all these videos are deepfakes. A closer examination of the viral clips revealed noticeable inconsistencies, such as unnatural facial movements and changes in skin tone. We were also able to trace the original videos, which were manipulated to create these clips.
Video 1
The first viral video showing Bhosle in a red dress contains a watermark of an Instagram account named “ni8.out9.” Upon reviewing this account, we found the same video on the user’s profile, where the bio read “digital creator.” The video, however, was shared with a disclaimer clarifying that it was digitally altered.
Video 2
The second video was also uploaded by the same user “ni8.out9’s” on Instagram. Like the previous video, this one, too, featured another individual. The original video was posted on October 14, 2024, and it has been horizontally flipped to add Bhosle’s face.
Video 3
The original video featured a Bollywood actor. The actual footage can be viewed on Instagram.
Verification through AI Tool
We also ran these videos through an online AI detection tool, Hive Moderation, which showed that videos contain “AI-generated or deepfake content.”
Conclusion
The viral clips of Monalisa Bhosle dancing and posing for the media are digitally manipulated. The original videos featured other individuals and not Bhosle.