TukTuki premieres Ashwathama, an AI-made mythological thriller micro-drama

TukTuki, an Indian micro-drama platform, premiered Ashwathama on 29 October 2026, a mythological thriller made with AI in the short, mobile-first episodes the platform is built around. Adgully reported the launch two days later. TukTuki presents itself as India's homegrown micro-drama platform, and its stories are meant to be watched on a phone, one short episode at a time.

The title character comes from the Mahabharata. Here he has walked the earth for 5,000 years under a curse of immortality, carrying a wound that never heals, and the story sets him in the present day. In Burhanpur, an honest police officer, Inspector Ananya, takes on Raavan Singh, a powerful land grabber. When her life is threatened, a mysterious force begins killing her enemies, and that force is Ashwathama.

Raavan Singh then summons Kali, a dark power fed by greed and sin that stands for the darkness of Kaliyug, and loses control of it. Ananya and Ashwathama join forces against the threat. The series dwells on redemption, sacrifice, the consequences of past actions, and the pull of greed, violence and moral corruption, and asks whether his immortality is a punishment or a duty he carries until the world needs him.

Cast, director, episode count and the AI tools used are not stated. Ashwathama follows Salaam India, premiered on 15 August 2026 and billed as TukTuki's third AI-driven film in 90 days. At its August 2025 launch the platform said mythology and sports would follow its first genres. TukTuki, which founder Anshita Kulshrestha has framed as Made in India innovation, passed 1 million downloads in June 2026 and says it uses AI in pre-production and localised versioning.