KARMA

Name: KARMA
Released: 2026-10-31
Duration: 1 h 48 min 40 s

Hamid BaigCurrant Noir Studios2026108 min

AIPopDB score: 47/100
Format: Film
Year: 2026
Views: 11.8K

Synopsis

Kareem Mansoor has left behind the feared mercenary identity of Azaab and settled into a quieter life as a chef. An offer to return to India draws him back into the world he tried to escape.

His daughter Layla knows what another promise of a final job could cost. As assassins, a wounded policeman and a disgraced soldier are pulled into a dangerous struggle for power, Kareem discovers that the mission reaches far beyond its original target.

Past choices return, loyalties fracture, and the bonds of family are tested against a conspiracy that refuses to stay buried. The film is pitched as a sci-fi action thriller built around one last job and a dangerous return.

Last Updated 2 November 2026

About the Show

KARMA is an AI-generated sci-fi action thriller feature of about 1 hour 48 minutes from Currant Noir Studios, with story, screenplay and direction by Hamid Baig. It had its world premiere on YouTube on 31 October 2026 at 8:00 PM IST and is watchable there in full in 4K.

The film was made with AI video generation. In a making-of video the maker says the generated shots came from Seedance 2, Seedance 2.5 and Kling 3.0, and that the film was edited and graded in Final Cut Pro. The release description says the feature was made using Higgsfield. The maker also published a video showing the 326 generated shots that made the final cut, each with its prompt and raw output.

Earlier making-of material shows the workflow: character references with identity-lock prompts, a Mumbai rooftop chase generated in Seedance 2, and a repair of a yacht continuity problem. The film has an original soundtrack of 25 tracks, including lyric videos for songs with lyrics by Baig and poetry by Mirza Ghalib, released ahead of the film.

Currant Noir Studios is Baig's film studio, based in India. Its earlier work is JINN, a live-action film that the channel says won 28 awards. The channel, which teaches AI filmmaking through a free course, had about 14,300 subscribers when read.

Viewers on the premiere and trailer pages praised the visuals and the story, and several said they could hardly tell the footage was AI.

Audience sentiment

What the comments say

81 comments about the show on YouTube · updated 2 Nov 2026

58%

positive

Score = positive ÷ all scored comments

Sentiment split

Positive: 47 comments; 58%
Mixed: 34 comments; 42%
Negative: 0 comments; 0%

Warm and uncritical in the early comments: viewers praise the visuals, the story and the trailer, and many just say they were waiting for the premiere. No negative comments were read.

Top themes

Striking visualsView comment on YouTube

Positive

“The visuals are absolutely stunning.”

Story and storytellingView comment on YouTube

Positive

“Absolutely loved it! The storytelling and visuals were amazing. Great work!”

Craft and cinematographyView comment on YouTube

Positive

“The craftsmanship and passion behind this, are on a completely different level.. absolute perfection.”

Anticipation of the premiereView comment on YouTube

Positive

“When the past returns, KARMA takes over! The excitement is real. Waiting for the premiere!”

Cast fans turning upView comment on YouTube

Positive

“Here for Hiba”

Fun Facts

326 generated shots: The maker published a video of the 326 generated shots in the final cut, each shown with its prompt, raw clip and place in the film.; Source: youtube.com
Models and editing: The maker says shots came from Seedance 2, Seedance 2.5 and Kling 3.0, with editing and grading in Final Cut Pro.; Source: youtube.com
Identity-lock prompts: Making-of prompts tie each character to reference images with an identity-lock instruction, for example for a Mumbai rooftop motorbike chase made in Seedance 2.; Source: youtube.com