{"id":2390,"date":"2025-11-18T15:42:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T10:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/?p=2390"},"modified":"2025-11-18T15:42:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T10:12:42","slug":"from-stars-to-synths-how-ai-is-redefining-cinema-and-challenging-bollywoods-icons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/from-stars-to-synths-how-ai-is-redefining-cinema-and-challenging-bollywoods-icons\/","title":{"rendered":"From Stars to Synths: How AI is Redefining Cinema and Challenging Bollywood\u2019s Icons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Most of the world has heard of Tilly Norwood. Here she is at the premier of her first film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Except that Tilly is completely AI created. In a year you will see her in a new OTT series. Traditional Hollywood Agencies are vying to sign her. And of course there is a lot of angst in the Acting Community .. as you would expect. So what is going to happen to Bollywood ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That depends a lot on stars themselves. The more expensive and exclusive they make themselves, the more the film makers will look for AI alternatives. BTW many of the \u2018Influencers\u2019 you see on your social media today are not human .. they are AI created ..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what is the reality ? I am making my sequel to Masoom now .. but AI cannot capture the complexity of expressions of Shabana Azmi and Naseeruddin Shah. Not yet anyway<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet when we see (say) a Marvel or a Bollywood action film the expressions are rather limited .. fear, aggression. Sexy dance, anger etc .. and the accent is much on costumes.. you can, for example, change the actor, but cannot change Batman or Superman\u2019s costume .. right ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So that\u2019s AI first target .. action films .. and dance sequences and scale ! Yes .. it\u2019s so easy to create scale with AI!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forget what you just saw saw on AI ..Mahabharat .. that\u2019s just first generation. It\u2019s like the \u2018dial up\u2019 Internet days.. some of the stuff I am seeing now is ..pardon the expression..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mind Blowing .. thoughts ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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