Ratan Tata’s aide Shantanu Naidu playfully calls out Google Gemini’s AI Nano Banana saree trend: ‘You’ve become so lazy’

“Tum log India me hai. America mein nahi hai. India! Land of the saree. Tumhare kapaat mein at least 15 saree hai. Itna lazy ho gaya tum… AI ko generate karne ko bola jo kapda tumhare kapaat mein…” (You live in India, not America. This is the land of the saree. You have at least 15 sarees in your cupboard. You’ve become so lazy that you’re asking AI to generate what’s already in your wardrobe…) he joked, putting on a deliberately accented Hindi for comic effect.

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Naidu then likened the trend to asking a programme to make a picture of him with his dog. “The dog is right there. Just go sit next to him and take a picture!” he laughed. He urged everyone: “Original saree mein tum aur sundar dikhta hai. Saree pehno, photo nikalo” (You look more beautiful in your own saree. Wear it, take a photo).

He even added he could understand if people were using the tool for things they normally don’t own, like white wedding gowns, but sarees, he said, are a staple in most Indian wardrobes, so the obsession puzzled him.

The clip ended with a lighthearted disclaimer, “Mai toh masti mai bolta hai” (I’m just saying this in fun), but it resonated widely. Comments poured in: “So true, finally someone said what I was thinking,” one follower wrote.

Another praised him for “much needed words” while someone else said, “Bro just casually spilled the truth and sipped his tea.” One more chimed in with a nod to his former boss: “No wonder respected Mr. Ratan Tata ji loved this cute boy.”