dwar.Documentary
& human–AI research

In development · From India

Documentary & human–AI research

The story of making something real.

We’re developing documentaries about people pursuing meaningful work with AI, alongside research into what helps them make progress and what one attempt can teach the next.

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01 / 04A reason to begin.

01 · The work

A reason to try.
Something to learn.

The person and their attempt connect the work. Film gives the journey a form people can follow. Research examines the decisions, changes and evidence along the way.

Stories

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An outcome still
to be discovered.

A person wants to help their dog. A runner returns to the track. We are developing documentaries around the choices, people and unexpected turns that shape an attempt.

Inside the proposed series

Research

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What makes the
next step possible?

We ask what helps people make meaningful progress with AI, how their judgment and abilities change, and what could become useful in a different attempt.

The question and the first milestone

02 · Writing

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What happens to us
when AI gets better?

A once-remarkable model begins to feel inadequate. Have our expectations changed, our way of working, or something in how we think?

Read the essay

03 · The team

The people
developing Dwar.

Research, film, music and audience strategy meet around the same person and their attempt. We’re developing that work together.

Aditya Tiwari

Aditya Tiwari

Research & technical collaboration

Applied AI and scientific computing work with IIT Delhi’s HydroSense Lab, Quanscient Oy and MultiFluidX. He also makes music, placing Top 4 in India at BREEZER Vivid Shuffle Season 4 (2021) and Top 100 in India at NEXA Music Season 3 (2024).

His focus in Dwar is the collaboration beside the participant and the evidence needed to understand, test and learn from an attempt.

Gaurav Parajuli

Gaurav Parajuli

Film & music

An actor and musician working across film and episodic storytelling. His acting credits include Tandav, Inside Edge, Dr. Arora, Ishq Express and Woh Bhi Din The (2024). His music releases include Shaam Tanha and Dheere Dheere.

His focus is shaping the films and music through which people encounter a journey and care about the person pursuing it.

Shaunak Bhatia

Shaunak Bhatia

Audience & participation

Developed a three-year rowing programme plan at Tata Steel. His work spanned athlete selection, coordination with schools and parents, and programme implementation, bringing together the people and practical planning needed to support a sporting programme over time.

His focus is borrowing what makes sport worth following to shape Dwar’s distribution and audience relationships, turning anticipation and continued interest into useful participation and support.

Shamil Khan

Shamil Khan

Music & software

A software professional at Amazon and a drummer exploring music production. He has helped bring musicians together to form a band and build its online presence, bringing professional software experience alongside practical involvement in making music and creating space for collaboration.

His focus in Dwar is contributing to the music and developing software tools that support the research as it grows.

Why we started Dwar

04 · Developing together

Help a possibility
take shape.

Production development and research design are moving together. There are different ways to contribute to the work, with a defined purpose for each.

Production partners

Develop the stories, establish access and shape the filmmaking with an experienced documentary partner.

Discuss production

Research collaborators

Help sharpen the question, define meaningful evidence and review the design of the first study.

Discuss the research

Sponsors

Support the tools, expertise and time behind stories that make the possibilities of working with AI tangible.

Explore sponsorship

Venture development

Explore the longer research ambition and the evidence needed to build useful, repeatable methods and technology.

Discuss the venture

Get involved

Help open
the next door.

We’re open to conversations with documentary producers, scientists, sponsors and investors who can help develop the next stage of Dwar.

Production experience, specialist expertise, equipment, model access or development funding could help the work take shape. The first conversation is about fit and what that support would enable.

Start a conversation

The Dwar team · dwar@vivvii.in

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