Indian film company to rerelease romantic drama with AI ‘happy ending’

An Indian film company is stirring controversy by rereleasing the 2013 romantic drama Raanjhanaa with an AI-generated "happy ending"—without the director’s knowledge or consent. The original film, which depicted a tragic love story between a Hindu man and a Muslim woman, left audiences heartbroken, and now its creator says he’s devastated by the unauthorized alteration. This could be the first known case of a studio using AI to fundamentally reshape a finished film against its director’s wishes.