New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- The viral ChatGPT retro photo trend has taken another regional turn, with users experimenting with AI-generated images inspired by Kerala and Malayali culture.

The trend involves transforming modern photographs into portraits designed to resemble images from earlier decades. Users can specify details such as clothing, hairstyles, jewellery, architecture, lighting and photographic texture to create different vintage looks.

While 1980s-inspired portraits have become particularly popular, the same idea can be adapted to the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, with each decade bringing its own visual references.

For a Kerala-inspired version, prompts can include elements such as traditional gold jewellery, Kerala-style ho...