Overview
- Abundantia Entertainment and Collective Artists Network’s Historyverse announced Chiranjeevi Hanuman – The Eternal, promoted as India’s first fully AI-generated feature for a Hanuman Jayanti 2026 theatrical release.
- Makers say more than 50 Galleri5 engineers are building the project with cultural scholars, with the soundtrack to be composed by Trilok, described as an AI-powered band.
- Anurag Kashyap publicly attacked producer Vijay Subramaniam on Instagram, accusing him of betraying creators and writing that he “should be in the gutter.”
- Vikramaditya Motwane criticized the announcement, warning that a “Made in AI” approach sidelines writers and directors.
- Reaction is split, with Ranveer Singh commenting supportively on the announcement post, and no legal action or formal industry policy response reported so far.