Indian film company to rerelease romantic drama with AI ‘happy ending’

Director heartbroken' after 2013 film about doomed romance between Hindu man and Muslim woman altered without his knowledge

An Indian film company is rereleasing a 2013 romantic drama with an alternate artificial intelligence ending without the involvement of its director, in what could be the first instance of its kind in global cinema.

Raanjhanaa, a Hindi-language film about the doomed romance between a Hindu man and a Muslim woman, will return to cinemas on 1 August under its Tamil-language title Ambikapathy. The film's original tragic ending will be replaced by a happy" one.