Eros Innovation Commits £265M to U.K. for 15 Indian Film Productions Including Rajinikanth AI Remaster
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Eros Innovation has announced a £265 million ($355.2 million) commitment to the U.K., unveiling a 15-production slate of Indian films. The slate includes an AI remaster of Rajinikanth's 'Kochadaiiyaan', a new 'Tanu Weds Manu' franchise installment, and a new mythological cinematic universe. The company also announced licensing its $1.7 billion cultural dataset to a newly established U.K. operation, and introduced its Large Cultural Model family of AI systems trained on Indian cultural data. The announcements were made at London Tech Week.
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The company also announced the licensing of its $1.7 billion cultural dataset to a newly established U.K. operation.
Central to the announcement is Eros's Large Cultural Model family – AI systems the company describes as trained specifically on
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