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Don 2 being made in 3D
MUMBAI: Looks like the craze to make 3D films is increasing among Indian filmmakers. The move has got credence after the successful run of Vikram Bhatt’s Haunted.
Moving on from Haunted, Bhatt is making two films in the 3D format – Raaz 3 and Dangerous Ishq. Shirish Kunder has completed a schedule of his under production Joker, his 3D film with Akshay Kumar in the lead. Sohail Khan is set to launch Sher Khan with Salman Khan next year also in the same format.
The latest to join the bandwagon are Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar, producer and director of Don – The Chase Begins Again, who are keen to take their sequel with Shah Rukh Khan to a new level.
Apart from dubbing the film in Tamil and Telugu besides Hindi, they have decided to make Don 2 in 3D.
Avers Sidhwani, “There is a huge demand for the brand Don. Our audiences must also be expecting much more and beyond just cinema from the sequel, hence a 3D format. We did a few 3D conversion tests on Don and the conversion outcome was very good, so while shooting Don 2, the 3D conversion was at the back of Farhan‘s mind just incase we decided to go ahead with 3D format. I was in LA recently and saw some 3D conversion tests and was blown by it. Hence I decided to go ahead and convert Don2 into 3D format.”
Don 2 will be released worldwide on 23 December.
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Abundantia and invideo join hands for Rs 100 crore AI films
Studio Aion and global video tech leader join forces for 5 AI-driven films over 3 years.
When Hollywood meets artificial intelligence, the credits might soon read “Directed by Algorithm” but Abundantia Entertainment wants to keep the human spark in the frame. The Mumbai-based studio’s AI-powered division Aion has teamed up with generative-video pioneer invideo in a Rs 100 crore strategic partnership, billed as India’s largest structured commitment to AI-driven filmmaking to date.
Announced at the India AI Film Festival (IAFF) beside the historic Qutb Minar in New Delhi on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, the alliance pools Abundantia’s creative and production muscle with invideo’s cutting-edge AI video tech. The duo will channel the Rs 100 crore development and production corpus into a slate of five AI-driven films over the next three years, blending human imagination with machine-powered tools to craft stories that aim to be both emotionally rich and technologically bold.
Abundantia Entertainment founder & CEO Vikram Malhotra framed the move as cinema’s next big leap, “AI in film-making is now real! Every major leap in cinema from sound to colour to digital has expanded storytelling possibility. AI represents the next inflection point. With Abundantia Aion, we are building a future where AI strengthens and amplifies the filmmaker’s voice, not substitutes it.”
Invideo founder & CEO Sanket Shah echoed the sentiment: “At invideo our mission has always been to democratize high-quality video creation through AI. Partnering with a top-notch studio like Abundantia Entertainment enables us to extend this capability into the world of high-quality filmmaking by building tools and workflows that allow creators to move from idea to cinematic expression faster and more freely than ever before.”
The collaboration already has momentum. Abundantia Aion is developing India’s first AI-generated Hindi feature film, Chiranjeevi Hanuman, slated for release in 2026, alongside its next AI-powered project, Jai Santoshi Mata, as part of a broader slate. The partnership will explore OpenAI-style workflows, advanced generative pipelines (bolstered by invideo’s recent Google Cloud tie-up), and new ways to accelerate everything from concept to final cut.
Backed by Tiger Global and Peak XV, invideo brings deep generative-video expertise to the table, while Abundantia’s track record in storytelling ensures the tech serves the narrative rather than stealing the show. In a year when AI is rewriting rules across industries, this Rs 100 crore bet signals India’s ambition to shape not just follow the future of cinema. Lights, camera, algorithm… action.
