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Aashiqui 2 set to release on 26 April
MUMBAI: Through a joint venture, T-Series and Vishesh Films have come together yet again to take their successful musical franchise – Aashiqui forward.
While the musical drama that released over two decades ago starred Rahul Roy and Anu Agarwal in career changing roles, the latest installment Aashiqui 2, directed by Mohit Suri stars Shraddha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapoor in the lead.
Contrary to the reports, Aashiqui 2 is not a sequel to Aashiqui, clarifies director Suri, "It‘s a new story. The only similarity is the music and the love story. There are seven to eight songs in the film; it‘s a musical."
Talking about what you can expect from the film, producer Mukesh Bhatt says, "It‘s a contemporary love story dealing with mature emotions. All three actors have extremely challenging dramatic roles. It‘s not a film about only looking good, singing and dancing.
hese are performance-oriented parts, and we‘re convinced that Aashiqui 2 would do for Shraddha, Aditya and Shaad what the first Aashiqui did for Rahul, Anu and Deepak Tijori."
Keeping with the brand of the film, the music yet again continues to remain a highlight with the first song Tum Hi Ho already making waves on the music front. Avers co-producer Bhushan Kumar, "We‘ve already recorded some songs for Aashiqui 2 and we‘re confident that the audience will enjoy them."
Aashiqui 2 is scheduled to release on 26 April 2013.
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Viral AI video invites tech leaders to Delhi AI Film Festival
Sam Altman, Bill Gates and Sundar Pichai star in Hindi cinema style spoof at Qutub Minar event
DELHI: A hilarious AI-generated video casting OpenAI chief Sam Altman, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Google CEO Sundar Pichai as unlikely Hindi cinema heroes has taken the internet by storm.
The clip, shared by tech entrepreneur Chandan Perla, cleverly recreates a comic scene from Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, the cult 2011 film directed by Zoya Akhtar. Using AI face-swapping wizardry, the video superimposes the global tech titans onto the characters originally played by Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol and Farhan Akhtar during a mock conference call scene.
The result is a surreal mash-up of Silicon Valley and Spanish road-trip nostalgia, complete with familiar expressions and perfectly timed comic pauses. Even those who cannot tell their algorithms from their auteurs are finding it hard not to smile.
But this is more than just a bit of internet mischief. The video serves as a playful invitation to Delhi’s first-ever AI Film Festival, set to take place on 17 February at the iconic Qutub Minar as part of the India AI Impact Summit.
Billed as a premier showcase for AI-generated cinema, the India AI Film Festival promises global premieres, panel discussions and an awards ceremony beneath the historic monument’s towering silhouette. Over 500 founders, celebrities, investors, policymakers and AI leaders are expected to attend.
The event is being led by Invideo, with participation from Nvidia. Among the featured speakers is Vishal Dhupar, managing director of Nvidia Asia South. The evening will culminate in an awards ceremony celebrating standout AI films, with prizes worth 12,000 dollars up for grabs.
In short, it is lights, camera, computation. If the viral video is anything to go by, artificial intelligence may not just be writing code but rewriting the script for how technology meets culture.
