Keerthy Suresh and Radhika Apte have expressed concern about realistic AI-generated images, discussing how manipulated pictures can undermine someone’s control over their own likeness.
Speaking on Zoom Fan Club, the Akka actors offered different perspectives. Suresh focused on the difficulty of recognising convincing fabrications, while Apte described feeling uneasy about the technology.
Keerthy says realistic images make misuse more troubling
In the supplied interview account, Suresh compared earlier image manipulation with newer AI-generated pictures. She said older alterations could sometimes be easier to recognise, whereas convincing synthetic images could make even the person depicted briefly question their authenticity.
She acknowledged that AI has beneficial applications but objected to its misuse and the damage it can cause.
Her concern is not simply that a photograph has been edited. It is that an invented image may be mistaken for a record of something a person actually wore, did or participated in.
Radhika describes her discomfort with AI
Apte called the issue “frightening” while acknowledging that the technology also has positive uses.
According to the supplied account, she illustrated her unfamiliarity with AI through a conversation about home improvements, recalling that a builder suggested using a digital tool to visualise an idea. She also expressed a preference for exercising her own imagination.
Her anecdote describes her personal response to technology. It should not be presented as a technical assessment of what AI systems can or cannot do.
Keerthy has raised similar concerns before
Suresh previously discussed manipulated photographs in a November 2025 interview reported by Onmanorama. She recalled encountering an image that appeared convincing enough to make her briefly wonder whether she had posed for it.
She then recognised that it did not represent an authentic photograph of her. That earlier account provides context for her continuing concern about the realism of fabricated images.
Consent and authenticity are separate questions
An image can look plausible without documenting a real event. Likewise, an actor’s public visibility does not establish permission to create misleading material using their likeness.
The actors’ comments centre on that loss of control. For entertainment coverage, the practical distinction is between an authentic publicity image, a clearly labelled creative alteration and an image falsely presented as genuine.
Suspicious material should not be republished as proof of a person’s behaviour, clothing or private life.
The actors appear together in Akka
Suresh and Apte star in Akka, the YRF Entertainment series whose announced Netflix premiere was October 30, 2026.
Their discussion shifts attention from the novelty of realistic AI imagery to its effect on the people depicted: confusion, discomfort and concern about how an invented image may be received.
