What happens when ancient Indian mythology meets a 22nd-century dystopia, and the entire film is made with AI? Bullet Microdrama is betting on that unlikely mix with The Dwarka Project, an original Indian sci-fi anime feature that it describes as the country’s first AI-led anime film.
Backed by Zee Entertainment, Bullet Microdrama unveiled the trailer at Anime India Mumbai, giving audiences their first look at the 100-minute feature. The film is the first content project created entirely on Trinetra AI, Bullet’s India-developed AI filmmaking platform.
Set in 2166, The Dwarka Project follows Parth, a young man from the Marshland who ventures into the mainland while searching for his abducted father. His journey takes a sharp turn when he discovers extraordinary powers connected to the underwater city of Dwarka.
What follows is a battle involving social divisions, advanced technology and a corporation determined to control the future. Along the way, Parth finds an unlikely ally in his mysterious roommate Vicky, who helps him navigate both his newfound abilities and the conflict closing in around him.
The film uses anime as the visual language for an original Indian science-fiction world, mixing futuristic technology with themes of identity, belonging and power.
“The Dwarka Project is an experiment in what becomes possible when filmmaking is approached without some of the conventional constraints of production,” said Bullet Microdrama co-founder and chief business officer Azim Lalani.
“We wanted to build an original Indian sci-fi and explore whether AI could enable us to take that vision from concept to a feature film. The fact that the entire film is being created on Trinetra AI makes this particularly significant for us, not simply as a technology demonstration, but as a test of a new production model.”
While AI-generated shorts and experiments are increasingly finding their way into the entertainment pipeline, The Dwarka Project is taking the technology into feature-film territory. Its 100-minute runtime makes it a more ambitious test of whether AI-led production can sustain a long-form narrative and a consistent visual world.
For Bullet Microdrama, the bigger bet is not merely on AI making films faster. It is on whether the technology can lower production barriers enough for creators to attempt stories that may otherwise be difficult or expensive to bring to screen.
With The Dwarka Project, the future of Indian anime is heading underwater, and AI is driving the submersible.
