AI-Powered Film Slate Gets $12M Investment in India
Abundantia Entertainment and the AI video platform InVideo have committed ₹100 crore ($12M) to a five-film slate that will be created using artificial intelligence. The project represents a significant institutional investment in AI for filmmaking and will be developed over the next three years.
- The investment was announced at the India AI Film Festival, which was hosted by InVideo and sponsored by Nvidia, on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit 2026. - The partnership will operate through Abundantia's dedicated AI division, aiON, which is founded on the principle of "Human First. AI Empowered," emphasizing that AI will augment rather than replace human creativity. - Two of the five films have been announced, both in the mythological genre: *Chiranjeevi Hanuman* and *Jai Santoshi Mata: Sukh Sampatti Daata*, with the former expected to be India's first AI-generated Hindi feature film slated for a 2026 release. - The collaboration aims to significantly shorten production timelines for genres like mythology, which traditionally take 2-3 years to produce, to a target of 10-12 months per film. - InVideo is expanding its AI video creation capabilities from short-form content to long-form cinematic production through a partnership with Google Cloud, utilizing their Vertex AI stack, which includes models like Veo, Imagen, and Gemini, to create studio-grade visuals and workflows. - Industry experts estimate that AI could slash overall film production costs in India by 30-40% within the next two years, with savings in specific areas like VFX and live-action workflows potentially reaching between 50-90%. - Vikram Malhotra, CEO of Abundantia Entertainment, has stated that the goal is to empower filmmakers to tell stories that were previously constrained by time and cost, thereby democratizing content creation. - The partnership is focused on creating tools and workflows that will allow creators to move from an idea to a cinematic expression more quickly and freely, accelerating and enhancing the creative process.
