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High Court stays Goa film fest’s selection
NEW DELHI: Even as the Kerala High Court today stayed the publication of the results of the selection of the Indian Panorama for the International Film Festival of India in Goa next month, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry was tight-lipped on the plea that it had not received any order so far.
A Ministry official who refused to be quoted told indiantelevision.com that in any case, it would be premature to comment as the matter was sub judice. However, the source said Court orders would be obeyed and any further action will only be taken after legal advice.
Directorate of Film Festivals sources also repeated the same line, adding that the matter was now pending with the Ministry as the report had been submitted to Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni.
A member of the jury who did not want to be named admitted that there had been some objections by prominent members to others remaining absent for long duration during the screenings.
Meanwhile, in the petition before Justice P N Ravindran of the Kerala High Court, film director Ranjith said that a film critic who was a member of the jury had posted a comment on a private website announcing the results. Noting that there had been no official announcement, Ranjith indicated that all is not well with the selection process.
The petitioner sought a direction to the Ministry to conduct an inquiry into the selection process immediately with particular reference to leaking of the results by a jury member and to conduct the selection process afresh.
The jury was chaired by filmmaker Muzaffar Ali and included Raja Mitra, Bobby Bedi, J Mahendran, Joseph Pulinthanananth, Leslie Carvalho and Gautaman Bhaskaran.
Ranjith has sought a direction from the I&B Ministry to conduct an inquiry into the selection process and how the leak took place, with one of the members itself leaking out the results before the official briefing!
Ranjith also alleged that some of the best Malayalam films of the year – Pazhassi Raja, Brahmaram, Rithu, Sufi Paranja Katha, Thalapavu and two films directed by him (the critically acclaimed Thirakatha and yet to be released Kerala Café) which were sent for the Panorama selection – was rejected.
Only two films from Kerala have been chosen: Shaji.N Karun’s Kutty Sranku and veteran cameraman Sivan’s Keshu.
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Jio Studios unveils AI-powered Krishna teaser at NAB Show 2026
Global first look of Krishna uses Galleri5 AI pipeline on Azure, Historyverse slate as Jio’s Dhurandhar crosses Rs 3,000cr worldwide.
MUMBAI: Krishna has just dropped a divine teaser and this time the gods are powered by silicon, not just scripture. Jio Studios and Collective Studios’ Historyverse stole the spotlight at the NAB Show 2026 in Las Vegas with the world’s first teaser for their upcoming theatrical feature Krishna, directed by Manu Anand. The big reveal happened during Microsoft’s keynote “Powering Intelligent Media, From AI Experimentation to Real-World Impact,” where the film’s AI-native production pipeline took centre stage alongside Collective Artists Network’s in-house platform, Galleri5.
At the heart of this mythological spectacle lies a fresh cinematic workflow built by Galleri5 on Microsoft Azure’s advanced AI and cloud infrastructure. Forget bolting AI onto traditional VFX or animation, this is an end-to-end, production-grade system woven into every layer: world-building, character creation, shot design and final output. Yet the storytelling remains firmly director-led, emphasising emotional depth, stillness, music and performance rather than pure spectacle. The result? Large-format theatrical cinema rooted in Indian history and culture, but conceived in ways that were simply not possible before.
Collective Artists Network runs Galleri5 natively on Azure, leveraging Microsoft Foundry and cutting-edge AI tools to handle film, episodic and advertising workflows in a secure enterprise environment. Microsoft highlighted Collective as a “Frontier” organisation successfully moving AI from pilot projects to real production-scale deployment in cinema. The technology is also on display at Microsoft’s NAB booth in the West Hall (Booth W1731).
Jio Studios (Media & Content Business, Reliance Industries), president Jyoti Deshpande said the project advances the studio’s mission to take Indian stories global with scale, ambition and authenticity, “With Krishna, we are embracing cutting-edge AI-led filmmaking while democratising these tools to make them more accessible, intuitive and cost-effective for storytellers everywhere.”
Collective Artists Network founder & group CEO Vijay Subramaniam added, “We’re using technology developed in India to carry our culture and history to audiences worldwide at a scale never seen before.”
Microsoft, vice president for telco media & entertainment, gaming Silvia Candiani noted that the media industry has reached an inflection point, “AI is no longer about experimentation but delivering real impact at production scale… By building AI-native creative systems on Microsoft Azure, Collective exemplifies how storytellers can unlock new formats, move faster and realise a true return on intelligence while keeping human creativity at the centre.”
Krishna forms part of Historyverse, Collective Studios’ ambitious slate of history and culture-driven IPs. The slate draws from iconic figures and traditions that shaped the Indian subcontinent, including stories inspired by Kali, Karna and Durga. It builds on the already-released Mahabharat: Ek Dharmayudh series, showing how ancient narratives can be reimagined for modern screens.
Jio Studios, India’s leading content studio and the media and content arm of Reliance Industries, continues its blockbuster run. The studio’s Dhurandhar franchise led by Dhurandhar and Dhurandhar: The Revenge has become the first Indian film series to cross Rs 3,000 crore worldwide. It also delivered three consecutive years of India’s highest-grossing Hindi films: Stree 2 (2024), Dhurandhar (2025) and Dhurandhar: The Revenge (2026). In just eight years, Jio Studios has assembled a library of over 160 films and series, with more than 60 titles winning over 500 awards. Other notable successes include Laapataa Ladies (India’s official Oscar entry 2025), Stree, Article 370, Shaitaan and Mrs.
The NAB unveiling marks another step in Jio Studios and Collective’s push to blend Indian storytelling talent with frontier technology proving that the future of cinema may well be both ancient in spirit and thoroughly modern in execution. For audiences who love epic tales with a fresh twist, Krishna promises to deliver divine drama, this time with a little help from the cloud.
