Skip to main content
See every side of every news story
Published loading...Updated

India's 'Maharaja in Denims' stakes claim in AI film race

The AI-adapted film has been slowed by models that struggle with Indian faces and Sikh history, forcing repeated fixes before its Cannes target.

  • The AI-generated film 'Maharaja in Denims' is aiming for a premiere at this year's Cannes Film Festival in May ahead of a global release.
  • Based on a 2014 novel by Khushwant Singh, the project began in 2024 with a team of six led by Singh and Intelliflicks co-founder Gurdeep Singh Pall, a former Microsoft executive.
  • Singh chose the 'toughest' path of realism, though rapid AI advances frequently delayed production because models were poorly trained for Indian faces and Sikh historical figures.
  • While Indian studios embrace AI unlike Hollywood's union-backed strikes, rival productions including 'Chiranjeevi Hanuman: The Eternal' and 'Love You' also compete to launch the first AI-generated Bollywood hit.
  • Singh believes AI will democratize cinema, predicting that "an 18-year-old sitting somewhere in a village" will soon challenge major studios using accessible technology.
Insights by Ground AI

26 Articles

Daily JournalDaily Journal
+23 Reposted by 23 other sources
Center

India's 'Maharaja in Denims' stakes claim in AI film race

Many filmmakers fear the existential threat of artificial intelligence, but in India the race is on to produce the first hit Bollywood feature generated by the technology.

·Cherokee County, United States
Read Full Article

Bollywood enters a historic stage with "Mahraja in Denims", a pioneering production whose characters and visual universes were born of algorithms. This innovation opens a new era for cinematographic creation. The landscape of Indian cinema is undergoing an unprecedented transformation. A feature film entirely generated by artificial intelligence, "Mahraja in Denims", [...] Read more L的Inde launches the first feature film entirely designed by art…

Read Full Article
Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • 80% of the sources are Center
80% Center

Factuality Info Icon

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

Info Icon

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

KULR-TV broke the news in Billings, United States on Thursday, April 16, 2026.
Too Big Arrow Icon
Sources are mostly out of (0)

Similar News Topics

News
Feed Dots Icon
For You
Search Icon
Search
Blindspot LogoBlindspotLocal