Rekhta, the world’s largest free online resource for urdu poetry, has captivated Netizens with AI-Generated Portraits of the largest Urdu poets who reintroduce them as superheroes and show their enormous force of their words.
“Your favorite Urdu poets as superheroes! Because words can be as powerful as superpowers!” Read a caption posted on Rekhta’s official Facebook handle.
The AI-Generated Portraits are reintroduced Urdu Poets such as Marvel and DC Superheroes, depicting Meer Taqi Meer as Batman, Mirza Ghalib as Superman, Allama Iqbal as Black Man, Faiz Ahmed Faiz as Captain America, Jaun Eliya as Doctor Strange, Parveen Shakir as Black Book.

Furthermore, Akbar Allahabadi has been portrayed as Deadpool, Habib Jalib as a winter soldier, majrooh sultanpuri as Hawkeye, Nasir Kazmi as Spiderman and Josh Malihabadi as Hulk.

However, the post also pairs each image with one of their iconic verses, which further emphasizes the timeless power and the depth of their words.

The post drew both positive and negative response from Netizens with some calls for further improvement of the portraits, while others find it disrespectful.