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Argentine plotlines find Indian buyers
HONG KONG: Interest in India comes from the oddest places. How does Argentina sound as a location for Indian TV and film productions? That’s just the sort of activity Ricardo H Forrester, Argentine consul general in the island city, hopes will catch on as an option for Indian producers.
Well Forrester’s optimism notwithstanding, the sheer distance is likely to be a big dampener though the sheer variety of splendid locations the South American country offers can’t be denied.
A more likely area that offers immense potential though is on the content side. The success that Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin, the Indian adaptation of Betty La Soy achieved for Sony has increased the interest of Indian TV houses in South American soaps.
Forrester revealed that Star India has bought two story scripts, one that has already started airing and a second that starts airing 4 April. A third storyline adapted from an Argentine soap is under active consideration, Forrester said. He, however could not provide details on the names of the shows.
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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.
