IIT Bombay, Eros to make AI-based auto script-making tool

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay has teamed up with Eros Investments to design and develop Kurosawa, an AI-based tool for automatic script generation.

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has collaborated with Eros Investments, a leading Global Media, Entertainment & Technology portfolio of ventures, for over a year now to design and develop Kurosawa, an AI-based tool for automatic script generation.

Dean of Research and Development IIT Bombay, Prof. Milind Atrey, said, "Kurosawa will be a huge opportunity to transform the art of storytelling with proficiency and improve efficiency for content creators. We welcome collaboration with Eros investments, led by Prof. Pushpak Bhattacharyya from IIT Bombay, to provide automation to the process of scripting in the entertainment industry,” as reported by Daily Pioneer.

“As the outcome of the research, IIT Bombay will also be jointly launching a white paper on Kurosawa that will be used for academic and research purposes, further supporting the upcoming generation looking to make a mark in the industry,” Atrey said.

About Kurosawa

It is named after celebrated Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa. The software is a ground-breaking attempt to empower the entertainment industry with cutting-edge technology to generate a full-length feature film script. It will assist filmmakers in developing the plot and the script of movies. Kurosawa will help identify the right genre, output logline, and synopsis and deliver a potentially hit script that can be customized further as required.

In the current phase, Kurosawa can generate multiple engaging plots and scenes based on a single input. For example, it can create genre-specific movie plots, basic genre(s) and a short 2-3 sentence prompt. It can also create scenes in a standard screenplay format based on a brief description. Kurosawa is based on Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing.

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