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Vijay Subramaniam Reimagines Indian Epics With AI
Vijay Subramaniam is using AI to make movies about Indian stories like the Mahabharat.
He believes AI helps tell these big stories in a better and faster way.
He thinks AI can make movies cheaper and allow for more creativity.
His first AI movie is about the Mahabharat, and he is working on another one about Hanuman.
He says AI doesn't replace humans but helps make movies more efficiently.
He wants to show the world Indian history in a new way using technology.
Vijay Subramaniam is using AI to create films based on Indian epics like the Mahabharat.
He believes AI allows for greater scale, faster production, and cost-efficiency in filmmaking.
Subramaniam's first AI film, AI Mahabharat, has a crew of nearly 130 people.
He is working on a second AI film, Chiranjeevi Hanuman: The Eternal, focusing on Indian historical narratives.
Subramaniam emphasizes that AI does not replace human creativity but enhances the filmmaking process.
- Who
- Vijay Subramaniam, Founder and Group CEO of Collective Artists Network
- What
- Reimagining Indian epics using AI for filmmaking
- Where
- Not specified
- When
- January 25, 2026
- Why
- To give Indian civilisational stories the magnitude they deserve and to make storytelling faster and cost-efficient
Key facts
- Founder and Group CEO
- Vijay Subramaniam
- Company
- Collective Artists Network
- AI Film
- AI Mahabharat
- Upcoming AI Film
- Chiranjeevi Hanuman: The Eternal
- Production Crew Size for Mahabharat
- 130 people
- Production Pace for Mahabharat
- 4 episodes per month
Quotes
Vijay Subramaniam
Founder and Group CEO of Collective Artists Network
“For me, to make a Hanuman or a Krishna or a Shiva through live-action methods will take me three years each and will take me millions of dollars of budget. So if I can retain the richness in the story but still show the scale using technology and creativity, that’s where I’ll be able to show these stories faster.”
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“We will get there. I don’t think they are perfect. I don’t think humans can be replaced. I think the idea is to make it faster and cost-efficient and keep the story at the centre, not the actor.”
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