SS Rajamouli's Varanasi (and AI debate)
SS Rajamouli Garu’s next mega film Varanasi had its trailer launch at a huge event called Globe Trotter . Around fifty thousand people packed the venue, and the place was full of industry stars. Priyanka Chopra Jonas even flew in from the U.S., leaving her Citadel world behind for a day, just for this. Crores were spent, an entire army of technicians was pulled together, and the team tried to make the event as massive as possible. But the whole thing started falling apart before it even began. Someone, an absolute genius, recorded the tech-rehearsal teaser and leaked it online like it was some prank. After that, the team got scared and skipped the final technical run-through. That decision backfired. The actual event kept getting hit with glitches, the trailer wouldn’t play smoothly, and the momentum died. Rajamouli Garu came on stage frustrated, said a few things, including some religious remarks, which I’m not going to comment on. That’s his personal belief. The trailer finall...