A temporary order from the Delhi High Court has offered Kangana Ranaut a measure of protection in her petition targeting AI-generated deepfakes, doctored footage, and fabricated quotes attributed to her without consent. A judicial order now bars any unauthorised exploitation of the actor and BJP parliamentarian's name, likeness, voice, and related personal identifiers.
Orders were also issued for Meta Platforms to pull down the flagged content in question, while relevant authorities received a separate directive to pursue access restrictions on websites hosting such material.
Kangana's petition to the court — centred on content that purportedly used her likeness without consent, pointing to fabricated statements and manipulated images and footage attributed to her — preceded the order now in place. An interim order in the lawsuit brought by Kangana Ranaut against Meta Platforms and additional defendants was handed down by Justice Vikas Mahajan.
Her claim, filed formally, held that doctored footage, computer-generated likenesses, altered photographs, and invented written statements attributed to her had been spreading across social media platforms and various websites. A judicial order barred the defendants from reproducing, distributing, or otherwise exploiting any aspect of Kangana's personal identity without her prior consent.
Under the terms of the arrangement, her name, voice, physical likeness, and image all fall within the scope of what is guarded — as do digitally fabricated versions of her appearance, computer-generated media, manufactured speeches attributed to her, unauthorised endorsements bearing her identity, and content created to pass as her.
A copy of the order, once served on Meta, triggered a 72-hour window within which the platform was required to pull down and permanently suppress the identified infringing material. Both the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the Department of Telecommunications have received instructions to direct internet and telecom service providers to cut off access to the flagged websites, with a fortnight set as the deadline for compliance.
In ruling on the matter, the bench held that Kangana's standing as a public figure confers on her exclusive authority over her own persona and its associated attributes, including the ability to determine how those elements are put to commercial use. The filing noted that manipulated content and fabricated attributions risk leaving readers with a distorted picture of reality — one in which she appears to have spoken words or participated in events that have no basis in fact. A temporary court order now shields her identity from unauthorised use for the duration of the ongoing proceedings.
Among the productions lined up for Ranaut are a follow-up to Queen and a yet-to-be-titled collaboration with R Madhavan. A fresh collaboration between her and director Vikas Bahl is taking shape through the production of Queen 2. Reprising the role of Rani, Kangana wrapped principal photography on the production — a milestone she made public in June 2026.
A court petition lodged by Phantom Studios at the Bombay High Court contends that the production drew on rights to Queen without any authorisation from the company. The studio behind the production, JioStar, has put forward the position that the film draws on an entirely original narrative with no creative ties to the 2014 release. No official launch date has been announced for Queen 2.
A collaboration between Kangana and R Madhavan on a project yet to receive an official title has been reported. A prior on-screen pairing had brought the two together across both Tanu Weds Manu and its follow-up, Tanu Weds Manu Returns.
