There was no singer in a recording studio, no dancers rehearsing at Connaught Place, no actors facing a camera. Yet a group of multimedia students in Delhi produced a full-fledged music video — visuals, music, everything — using 2D and 3D design, animation, motion graphics and generative AI. The occasion: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday. The timeline: ten days.
01.How the AI music video came together
The video was released by the Delhi government as part of its 'Sewa Sankalp Abhiyan', and created by students associated with Maya Academy of Advanced Creativity (MAAC). The project began casually — during discussions between the academy and minister Ashish Sood, the idea of a birthday song came up, and the team was given roughly fifteen days' notice, leaving about ten working days to deliver. The only brief: develop a birthday wish from a Gen Z point of view, with complete creative liberty on everything else.
Four students — Adarsh Kumar Mishra, Mahtab Alam, Ayush Sharma and Subhadeep Das, mentored by Ravi Sharma — handled the design, content, lyrics, visuals and video. The software stack ran from Premiere Pro, Photoshop, After Effects and Audition to the AI tools layered on top. It was one of two songs released on the occasion; the other was prepared and performed by government school students. The launch happened at the Secretariat in the presence of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, minister Ashish Sood and the students.
02.The myth-busting part nobody expected
Here's the detail I found most interesting — and it's the opposite of the "AI will do everything" narrative. The students were categorical: this was not a case of typing a prompt and getting a finished video. They needed to know 2D and 3D design themselves to give the AI the right prompts, and they had to understand animation, camera angles, composition and lighting to generate footage that actually looked professional. "People think using generative AI means using a prompt that will give it all to you, but that is not the case," the team said.
If you've been reading our coverage of AI creativity in India — like STAGE OTT's AI-made biopic or Pocket FM's AI fiction engine — you'll notice the same pattern: AI collapses the cost of production, but the humans who direct it well are the ones with genuine craft. The tool is only as good as the hand guiding it.
03.Why this matters for creative careers
A video like this once needed a budget, a crew, a shoot schedule and weeks of post-production. A four-person student team with laptops just replaced all of that. That's simultaneously exciting and terrifying if you're studying design or media — the entry barrier to producing studio-quality work has crashed, but so has the value of knowing only the mechanical parts of the job.
Delhi's education system is responding in parallel: the state has launched its first four-year degree course in design and animation skills at the Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University (DSEU), in partnership with MAAC. The message is clear — learn the craft and the AI together, not one or the other.
If video is your lane, our AI Video Creator Playbook 2026 is a hands-on India edition — Veo 3.1, Kling and Runway priced in rupees, a 60-prompt library and a 30-day launch plan. That's the same philosophy behind our GPT-6 Astra — Zero to Hero Guide: prompting is a real skill, and the people who combine domain knowledge with the ability to direct AI tools are the ones getting hired (and getting clients) right now.
Key Takeaways
- Delhi students built a complete AI-generated music video for PM Modi's birthday in about 10 days, with zero performers
- The team used 2D/3D design, animation and motion graphics alongside generative AI tools
- Real design skill was essential — the AI amplified their craft rather than replacing it
- Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University now offers a four-year design and animation degree with MAAC
- The barrier to studio-quality production has collapsed for small teams and students
Frequently Asked Questions
Who made the AI music video for PM Modi's birthday?
Four multimedia students associated with Maya Academy of Advanced Creativity (MAAC) — Adarsh Kumar Mishra, Mahtab Alam, Ayush Sharma and Subhadeep Das, mentored by Ravi Sharma — created it for the Delhi government's 'Sewa Sankalp Abhiyan' in about ten working days. The launch happened at the Secretariat in the presence of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and minister Ashish Sood.
Was the music video really made with just one AI prompt?
No. The students were categorical that this was not a case of typing a prompt and getting a finished video — they needed real knowledge of 2D and 3D design, animation, camera angles, composition and lighting to direct the AI. The software stack ran from Premiere Pro, Photoshop, After Effects and Audition to the generative AI tools layered on top.
Where can students in Delhi learn these creative AI skills?
Delhi has launched its first four-year degree course in design and animation skills at the Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University (DSEU), in partnership with MAAC — aimed at teaching the craft and the AI together, not one or the other.
What This Means for You
If you're a student in design, media or animation, stop worrying about whether AI will take your job and start becoming the person who directs it. This Delhi team didn't wait for permission or a budget — they had the skills, added AI, and delivered something a full production house would have taken months to make. Freelancers, take note: wedding videos, ad films, startup promos — the economics of every one of these businesses just changed in your favour. And if you want a structured path into AI skills — from prompting to building your own agents — our GPT-6 Astra — Zero to Hero Guide is a solid place to start.