Regional-language OTT platform STAGE is set to release a biopic on farmer leader and social reformer Sir Chhotu Ram, popularly known as Dada Chhoturam, which the company said will be India's first biopic made using artificial intelligence. According to STAGE, AI was used across the filmmaking process rather than limited to dubbing, subtitling or post-production, including for visualisation, character generation, voice, background score and 3D scene creation to recreate the period and world in which Chhotu Ram lived. Co-founder and CEO Vinay Singhal said the company believes AI can fundamentally change the economics of filmmaking, especially for stories and cultures historically underserved because conventional production is expensive, and that the vision is to rethink how films can be created from the ground up without compromising cultural depth. Co-founder and chief content officer Parveen Singhal said Chhotu Ram's story carries the struggles, aspirations and dignity of millions of farmers and that AI gave the creative possibility to recreate a world that would otherwise require very significant production resources. Chhotu Ram, born on November 24, 1881, was regarded as a messiah of peasants and was instrumental in empowering farmers in the pre-Independence era and getting pro-farmers law enacted, having fought for farmers' rights during the British rule. The project is part of STAGE's broader strategy to use AI tools to reduce production costs and timelines for original content.