India, Jan. 5 -- National-award winning director Rajesh Mapuskar is directing India's first fully AI-generated theatrical release Chiranjeevi Hanuman- The Eternal, which will hit theatres this year on Hanuman JayantiTalking about this pioneering step, he says, "This is an opportunity which has come my way. I feel I'm chosen to do this so I want to see what I can do with it. I like the challenges of diving into the unknown."

Ask him to point out the difference between animation and AI, and Rajesh Mapuskar says, "When you make animation, you have complete control over even a little muscle movement of your character. While AI is an interactive tool, it's like another brain parallelly working with you. Sometimes it may not behave exactly as ...