Actor Dia Mirza retorts to Revanth Reddy’s allegation; calls his statement “absolutely false”

Revanth Reddy alleged that celebrities including Mirza used fake and AI generated images on the Kancha Gachibowli issue

Hyderabad: Actor Dia Mirza has responded to Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s allegations that celebrities including Mirza used fake and AI generated images on the Kancha Gachibowli issue. In a post on X late on Sunday, she termed his statement absolutely false.

“The CM of Telangana posted a tweet yesterday. He made certain claims about the situation at Kancha Gachibowli. One of them was that I had used FAKE AI generated images/videos in support of the protest by students to protect biodiversity on the 400 acres of land the government wanted to auction.”

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“This is an absolutely false statement. I have not posted a single image or video that is AI generated. The media and the Telangana government should verify their facts before making such claims,” she said.

The CM of Telangana posted a tweet yesterday. He made certain claims about the situation at Kancha Gachibowli.

One of them was that I had used FAKE AI generated images/videos in support of the protest by students to protect biodiversity on the 400acres of land the government…

— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) April 6, 2025

Revanth Reddy had held a review meeting on Saturday and discussed ‘reasons behind the controversy’, with a statement from the CMO quoting officials that the controversy had led to a national debate as “some people created fake videos and photos using Artificial Intelligence and circulated them widely on social media”.

The CMO statement had also said that top police officials told the Chief Minister that “some vested interests made fake videos and AI photos of crying peacocks and injured deer running away after they were being hit by bulldozers”.

“Even some famous persons in various fields presumed the fake videos and photos circulating on the social media are true and it added fuel to the lies,” the statement said, also naming Union Minister G Kishan Reddy, former Minister G Jagadish Reddy, social media influencer Dhruv Rathee, film celebrities John Abraham, Dia Mirza and Raveena Tandon, saying that “they sent a wrong message to the society after they uploaded the fake posts on social media believing them are true”.

Dia Mirza’s post, however, was a statement without images. “Students are raising their voices for a future where nature thrives. Forests, not IT parks, offer young people a chance at a sustainable tomorrow. ‘Development’ at the cost of biodiversity is DESTRUCTION. Save Kancha Forest in Gachibowli, Hyderabad…” (sic) she had posted.