India, Aug. 29 -- It was only a few weeks ago that the use of AI in song creation was being debated. Then came Eros Entertainment's decision to re-release Raanjhana with an AI-altered ending without director Aanand L Rai's consent. This was the backdrop to our conversation with Priyanka Khimani, a lawyer specialising in intellectual property rights and contracts in entertainment and music. It is perhaps an indictment of how quickly AI-led content creation has moved that, in between the conversation happening and it getting published, an entire film created by AI has been announced, condemned, and defended.

From Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane to AR Rahman, many creators have raised concerns about the rampant use of AI in Indian e...