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Shekhar Kapur Predicts AI-Built Non‑Human Stars, Says Tech Will Slash Filmmaking Costs

In a Times Now interview, the filmmaker portrays generative AI as a path to cheaper, more accessible filmmaking.

Overview

  • Kapur said future “stars” will be AI-generated performers that producers can control, avoiding illnesses, scheduling issues, or demands for higher fees.
  • He argued AI could collapse production budgets, claiming even a child could make a Rs 300 crore spectacle for about Rs 2,000.
  • Citing accessibility, he recounted that his cook brought him a Mr India 2 script drafted with ChatGPT.
  • He asserted that roughly half of female influencers globally are AI-created personas, a claim presented as his estimate and not independently verified.
  • The director said he has begun using AI tools in his own work and framed the shift as an opportunity for India, calling it “the beginning of a new India.”