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Voting on for MTV’s Youth Icon
MUMBAI: While the general election are done with, MTV is all geared for yet another election- albeit minus the drama that accompanies the election.
One Alliance’s music partner has announced the nominee list for the MTV Youth Icon 2004. The seven nominated candidates include A R Rahman (music), Amartya Sen (science and academics), Amitabh Bachchan (films), Rahul Dravid (sports), Ratan Tata (business), Ritu Beri (fashion) and Shekhar Suman (television).
Presented by LML Freedom along with associate sponsorships from Sprandi, Mahindra Scorpio, Samsung, MTV Youth Icon of the Year 2004 has Outlook, Radio Mirchi and 8888 on board as the media, radio and wirefree partners respectively.
Last year, Reliance Industries vice chairman and managing director Anil Ambani was elected as the MTV Youth Icon. He contended against likes of A B Vajpayee, Maneka Gandhi, Sachin Tendulkar, Shah Rukh Khan, APJ Abdul Kalam and Smriti Irani Malhotra.
MTV India has commissioned the Indian Marketing Research Bureau (IMRB) to conduct a study among the youth in ten cities Ahmedabad, Chennai, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Indore, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, New Delhi and Pune.
Last year the IMRB conducted a quantitative research covered a sample size of 808 respondents, equally divided between the sexes, in the age-group 15-24 from SEC A and B households with cable and satellite availability and (claimed) viewership of music channels for at least 30 minutes a week, says a company release.
This year, a multimedia multi dimensional voting mechanism has been designed to get the final viewers’ choice. The votes will be collected on-line through www.mtvindia.com, through voting slips with collection boxes across the country at youth hangouts. One can also sms “ICON” on 8888 or call 1250 111 105 (MTNL subscribers) or 1250 105 (BSNL subscribers), and vote for their choice.
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Galleri5 launches India’s first AI cinema OS at India AI Summit
Collective Artists Network unveils end-to-end production platform powering Mahabharat series and Hanuman teaser.
MUMBAI: India’s cinema just got an AI operating system upgrade because why settle for tools when you can have a full production command centre? Collective Artists Network and Galleri5 today unveiled Galleri5 AI Studio at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, billing it as the country’s first cinema-native production technology platform. Launched on 20 February 2026, the system acts as an end-to-end orchestration layer for film and television, integrating generative AI, LoRA-driven character architecture, controlled shot pipelines, 3D/VFX tools, lip-sync, upscaling, quality control, and delivery, all tuned for theatrical and broadcast standards.
Unlike piecemeal AI tools, Galleri5 controls the entire stack from script and world-building to final master output. Filmmakers retain creative authorship, continuity, and IP security while slashing timelines from years to months.
The platform is already in live use at scale. Mahabharat: Ek Dharmayudh, an AI-powered series produced under Collective’s Historyverse banner, is airing on Star Plus and streaming on JioHotstar, ranking among the top-watched shows in its slot. Meanwhile, Chiranjeevi Hanuman – The Eternal (produced by Star Studios 18) dropped its teaser on IMAX screens, leveraging Galleri5’s infrastructure for the visuals.
Collective Artists Network founder and group CEO Vijay Subramaniam said, “For India to lead in the next era of storytelling, we have to think beyond tools and start building systems. This is about putting durable production infrastructure in place so creators can dream bigger, producers can execute faster, and our stories can travel further.”
Galleri5 partner at Collective and CEO Rahul Regulapati added, “Cinema requires precision, repeatability, and control. Off-the-shelf AI doesn’t solve that. Orchestration does. We built an operating system where technology bends to filmmaking, not the other way around.”
Under Historyverse, Collective Studios is developing a slate including Hanuman, Krishna, Shiva, and Shivaji blending advanced AI systems with traditional craft. The summit session featured directors from Hanuman, Krishna, and Shiva alongside Collective leaders, diving into real-world case studies: what delivers on screen, what glitches, and how production economics are shifting.
At a summit packed with global tech brass and policymakers, Galleri5 stakes a bold claim, cinema’s future belongs to integrated systems, not isolated gadgets and India is building one right now. Whether you’re a filmmaker eyeing faster workflows or just curious about AI remaking epics, this OS could be the script-flip the industry didn’t see coming.
