Indian filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma is shifting away from human musicians to embrace artificial intelligence, announcing that future projects will exclusively feature AI-generated music. This decision highlights how AI is increasingly influencing creative sectors. Varma, well-known for his hit Bollywood films such as *Company*, *Rangeela*, *Sarkar*, and *Satya*, has introduced a new venture called RGV Den Music, which will rely solely on musical outputs from AI applications like Suno and Udio, as he revealed to TechCrunch. He confirmed that AI-generated soundtracks will be incorporated into all his projects, including his latest feature film, *Saree*, which utilizes a complete AI-generated background score. In a recent interview, Varma encouraged artists to welcome AI instead of resisting it. “Ultimately, music springs from your ideas. You must have a clear vision of what you want the application to create.

It’s the taste that really counts, ” he explained. His decision arrives amid the ongoing penetration of AI into creative fields, eliciting both enthusiasm for new opportunities and worries about job displacement. Prominent directors, like Oscar-winner Christopher Nolan, have warned against reliance on AI, emphasizing that it cannot substitute human intuition in artistic endeavors. India is at the forefront of global film production, generating between 1, 500 and 2, 000 films yearly. Its music industry is just as vibrant, producing an astonishing 20, 000 to 25, 000 songs each year. Varma criticized composers for often missing deadlines and encountering scheduling issues, while blaming lyricists for not capturing the true spirit of songs. He contended that these human challenges often hinder the creative process, making music production lengthy and expensive, whereas AI provides immediate results at "zero cost. " He predicted that human musicians, composers, lyricists, and singers would face significant impacts, potentially fading away as AI technology evolves quickly. Varma is collaborating with startups Reclaim Protocol and Story Protocol to protect the intellectual property of his AI-generated tunes through cryptographic verification. He mentioned that many of his peers in filmmaking share his enthusiasm for AI's potential, and he expects this technology to increasingly influence the Indian film industry in the years ahead.