I'm not a conspiracy theorist by any stretch of the imagination, I'm an Occams Razor kinda guy.
With that said ... it looked like REALLY bad CGI. So was it real or not??
It did look weird.
I think it was so bad.. It has to be real.
Larger question: Was the 2008 Chinese spacewalk real or not?
https://astroengine.com/2008/10/08/bubbles-reflections-and-space-walks-did-china-really-fake-it/
Probably not. If the Indians wanted to fake a lander video, I’m sure that they could have done it better. India lacks worldwide logistics to support space operations; I’m sure that contributed to the low quality.
But still...the OP article made me laugh.
“With that said ... it looked like REALLY bad CGI. So was it real or not?? “
You know how many IT guys there are in India? If they wanted CGI they probably could have done better than “REALLY bad CGI”.