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Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore plans seminar with Dr Peter Zimmermann next week
BANGALORE: Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore (MMBB) has planned a double film feature next week with Dr. Peter Zimmermann.
The film scholar will present a seminar on the Cold War, Iron Curtain and Berlin Wall, in one of a series of events that MMBB has organised, to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November, 1989. He will also conduct a workshop for cineastes and film students on some of the latest trends in German cinema.
The seminar will highlight some critical events in German and European history like rebuilding the destroyed country after World War II with the help of the allied forces; the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 and different living conditions on both sides of the ‘iron curtain’; the ‘peaceful revolution’ in East Germany in 1989 and the fall of the Berlin Wall; daily life in East and West Germany after the reunification and the problems of the integration of the eastern part into a united Germany: hopes and disillusions.
Besides being a film scholar, Zimmermann is an author and lecturer at the University of Wuppertal (FBA) in Germany. From 1992 to 2006, he was Academic Director of the Documentary Film Center (Haus des Dokumentarfilms) in Stuttgart.
He has chaired the research project “History of the Documentary Film in Germany” and is co-editor of the Book Series “Close Up” focusing on the history of international documentary film. After studying literature, media and history at the Universities in Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and Heidelberg, Zimmermann was lecturer and Professor for Literature and Media Studies at the universities in Wuppertal, Cairo and Marburg from 1973 to 1991.
Events:
(1) From the ‘Cold War‘ to the Fall of the ‘Iron Curtain‘ and the Berlin Wall: History and Film in Eastern, Western and United Germany Film Seminar on 27 and 28 October.
(2) The ‘New German Film Wave‘ and the ‘Berlin School‘ film workshop on 29 and 30 October.
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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.
