Overview

• The viral trend transforms selfies into 1990s-style Bollywood portraits with grainy textures, golden-hour lighting, and moody shadows.
• Recent coverage identifies Gemini’s image-editing mode—accessed via the Banana icon—as the primary tool powering the edits.
• Step-by-step instructions advise logging into Gemini, uploading a clear solo photo, pasting a prompt, and generating the retro portrait within seconds.
• Widely shared prompt templates, such as “Black saree drama,” “White Saree angel,” and “Yellow chiffon dream,” standardize the look across posts.
• Some reports say creators pair Gemini edits with ChatGPT-crafted prompts, underscoring a prompt-driven workflow that many users can replicate.