Deepika Padukone hops on to Lensa AI art trend, shares pic in astronaut avatar; fans want her to do a sci-fi film next

On Sunday, Deepika shared a carousel post on her Instagram featuring a bunch of her avatars created using the popular Lensa app.

“Il have them all…Thanks! Which one’s your favourite?! *sic),” she captioned ths post. The first pic featured her wearing a floral headband with flowers and leaves all around her and the fourth was a more elaborate version of the same with Deepika wearing a big headgear made of flowers. The third pic, a black and white pencil sketch, again had the actor adorning a crown and an elaborate neckpiece as she looked straight into the camera.

The second pic was what caught the eye of most people. It had Deepika, with her hair cut short, wearing a blue and white space suit and looking straight ahead. She looked some kind of a futuristic astronaut in the picture. The pictures were crested using the Lensa app, a program that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to generate unique avatars for users. One of her fans wrote, “A goddess in every form.” Another comment read, “Future you feels like you need to do a SciFi film next!”

Over the past week, Lensa has become extremely popular globally with millions of users, including several celebs, using the app to create AI-generated avatars of themselves and share them on social media. The app has faced controversies too, with some pointing out that it creates hyper-sexualised avatars of women and others have raised questions about the safety of user data and privacy and images on its database.

Deepika is currently gearing up for the release of her next film Pathaan, which marks Shah Rukh Khan’s return to the big screen in over four years. The action thriller also stars John Abraham and is directed by Siddharth Ananad. The film is scheduled to be released in theatres on January 25, 2023. Its first song Besharam Rang, featuring Deepika and Shah Rukh, will be released on Monday.