Mumbai: ‘Jugni’ singer Sonu Thukral has approached the police after a viral clip from his recently released song Jugni, featuring Jacqueline Fernandez, sparked controversy online.
Alleging that the video was manipulated using artificial intelligence (AI), the singer has sought action against those responsible for circulating the edited clip.
Sharing an update on Instagram, Sonu posted a photo of himself alongside a police officer while holding a copy of the complaint he had filed.
He captioned the post as, “I have filed a police complaint regarding my song ‘Jugni’. The clip has also been edited using AI, and the AI-generated version of the clip is being circulated further. I will talk about it publicly soon.”
Jacqueline and the other members of the ‘Jugni’ team are yet to issue an official statement on the controversy.
Reacting strongly to the controversy, a netizen commented, “The seriousness of Sonu Thukral’s allegations should be thoroughly investigated, and if the allegations are found to be true, the person who made the AI-edited video should be caught as soon as possible.”
Another user wrote, “15 days ago, Sonu Thukral’s music video Jugni was released, in which objectionable scenes of Jacqueline were shown. There was opposition to it on social media; people said good and bad things, but now the truth has come to light. Sonu Thukral has revealed that those scenes were created by someone using AI, for which he has filed a report in cybercrime.”
On the work front, Jacqueline was recently seen in the Akshay Kumar led comedy riot ‘Welcome To The Jungle’ which also featured Suniel Shetty, Disha Patani, Arshad Warsi, Jackie Shroff, Paresh Rawal, Raveena Tandon, Lara Dutta, Johny Lever, Shreyas Talpade, Tusshar Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav, Krushna Abhishek, Kiku Sharda, Daler Mehndi, Aftab Shivdasani and several others.
Next, Jacqueline is reportedly set to star in a supernatural thriller.