Ram Gopal Varma Predicts AI Upends Filmmaking

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma posted on February 25, 2026, calling AI tool Seedance 2.0 the "murderer" of the film industry while also terming it a liberation. He argued the tool can enable small-town creators to produce large-scale cinematic visuals from text prompts and predicted it could eliminate actors, crews and large budgets, potentially collapsing current production economics. His comments have reignited social media debate.