AI-Generated Voice Used to Make Akshay Kumar Appear to…

In August 2026, a 20-second video circulated on social media appearing to show Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar criticizing the documentary 'Declassified: Operation Sindoor' and mocking the performance of the Indian Army. The video, which surfaced shortly after the documentary's release, claimed that the actor was sarcastically praising the production while questioning the military operation.

What happened

The incident involved the repurposing of old footage combined with synthetic audio to create a misleading narrative. Investigation revealed that the visual content was sourced from an unrelated video recorded in December 2025, in which Akshay Kumar was discussing the Indian Street Premier League (ISPL), a professional cricket tournament. At the time of the original recording, the documentary in question had not yet been released, and the actor made no mention of the Indian Army or Operation Sindoor.

Technical analysis confirmed that the audio in the viral clip did not match the original recording. When analyzed using the Deepfake Detection io tool, the audio track showed a high likelihood of being artificially generated or manipulated. By overlaying a synthetic, AI-generated voice-over onto existing video footage, the creators attempted to attribute controversial statements to the actor to influence public perception of the documentary. Fact-checkers successfully debunked the content by performing a reverse video search, which traced the visuals back to the 2025 cricket-related interview, and by confirming the lack of synchronization between the actor's original speech and the fabricated audio.