Up to date on: Nov 03, 2025 09:46 am IST
The presence of a really Twentieth-century bedside desk within the AI Mahabharata on JioHotstar has the web chuckling.
A brand new adaptation of the epic Mahabharata is presently streaming on OTT. Mahabharat – Ek Dharmayudh has been created with the assistance of synthetic intelligence with no actors, units, or bodily presence. The controversial present has obtained criticism for ‘normalising’ the usage of AI in creation at a time when most creators are preventing to maintain AI out of filmmaking. Now, critics of the present have discovered a blunder in one of many scenes to level out – the presence of modern-looking furnishings in historical Hastinapur.
Fashionable bedside desk in historical Hastinapur
The AI Mahabharat is streaming on JioHotstar and has been created by the Collective Media Community. The primary episode was launched on 25 October, and it centered on the delivery of Prince Devvrat (who would later be often called Bheeshma) to Hastinapur’s King Shantanu. One scene exhibits Goddess Ganga with a younger baby in a palace room. Eagle-eyed viewers famous that whereas the remainder of the room regarded period-accurate with an ornate mattress and curtains, a modern-looking bedside desk with drawers spoiled the look.
The desk, which resembled one thing very Twentieth-century, was stored within the background of the scene and was on display screen for barely a number of seconds. However it was sufficient to be screengrabbed and shared on the web for chuckles. “Watching AI Mahabharata on Jio Hotstar.. I’m dying on the bedside desk,” a viewer wrote as they shared the screengrab on Twitter.
Web cannot cease laughing
In response, one social media person quipped, “Simply lacking a wi-fi charger.” Many others who watched the present stated that the AI rendition didn’t really feel very actual, and that the present had a really off vibe. “My mum was watching it day earlier than and I used to be beside she was saying “see so good they give the impression of being” then I defined her that an AI mother, she obtained upset actually (final era to be harmless),” wrote one. One other added, “In a single scene, there’s a image (on the mattress wall) of an individual carrying go well with.”
Mahabharat – Ek Dharmayudh follows an episodic launch format with a brand new episode on JioHotstar each Friday. Talking concerning the present at its trailer launch final month, Vijay Subramaniam, founder & group CEO of Collective Artists Community, stated, “For many people, the Mahabharat is greater than only a story; it is the tales we grew up listening to from our dad and mom and grandparents, tales that formed our creativeness and values. With AI Mahabharat, we get to expertise those self same timeless tales in a totally new approach, delivered to life by the facility of contemporary AI expertise.”
Thus far, two episodes have dropped on the streaming platform.
