Named after the Muses
Films. Music. Stories. Forgotten Myths.
─ WHO WE ARE
We make films
about
the stuff history
forgot.
Mousai started the way most things do: a small group of friends who kept saying “someone should make a film about that” until we ran out of excuses and actually did it.
We use generative tools not because it’s trendy but because some of these worlds can’t exist any other way. No studio, no 200-person crew, just a shared obsession with the stories that keep getting overlooked.
─ Why Mousai
Nine Sisters.
The ancient Greeks had nine Muses, one for every human endeavor worth caring about,
from comedy to astronomy. We liked the idea. No walls. No single lane.
That’s why we took the name.
Thalia
Comedy
Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry. Laughter is the oldest medicine.
Melpomene
Tragedy
Muse of tragedy. The best stories cost something.
Euterpe
Music
Muse of music and lyric poetry. Some truths only arrive as melody.
Terpsichore
Dance
Muse of dance and chorus. The body says what words can’t.
Erato
Love Poetry
Muse of love poetry. Longing is a language in and of itself.
Calliope
Epic Poetry
Muse of epic poetry. The longest journeys make the best stories.
Urania
Astronomy
Muse of astronomy. There’s meaning in the distance between stars.
Clio
History
Muse of history. Nothing worth remembering gets forgotten.
Polyhymnia
Sacred Hymns
Muse of sacred poetry and hymns. Silence says just as much as words.
─ the work
THE FILMS
● AI & LIVE ACTION HYBRID CONCEPT TRAILER
VISPALA
India’s Forgotten Warrior Queen
A Mousai x The Odd One Production. Vispala: The Forgotten Warrior Queen of India, a hybrid short concept film blending Al and live-action filmmaking. Starring Saumya Tandon and Viraf Patel. Directed by Ishan Modi.
MYTHOLOGY
HYBRID FILM
LIVE ACTION
AI
● AI SHORT FILM
GHATOTKACH
The Demon Prince of the Mahabharata
Set on the 13th day of the Mahabharata war, when the Pandavas are on the verge of collapse, the film follows their last gamble: unleashing Ghatotkach, the demon-human son of Bhim to face Karna and his unstoppable army. We took some creative liberties and gave Ghatotkacha his own demon superhero army.
MAHABHARATA
HYBRID FILM
ORIGINAL CHARACTERS
─ From Our Universe
Our Characters
We went looking for overlooked figures and gave them a new look.
Vispala
A warrior queen from the Rig Veda who lost her leg in battle, received a prosthetic iron leg, and rode back into war. One of history’s earliest accounts of prosthetics.
Vispala
Khela
A Vedic King married to Vispala. Progressive in a traditional world, but haunted by his own ego.
Vispala
Ghatotkach
Bhima and Hidimba’s son, half demon, half hero. Best known for facing Karna on the thirteenth day of the Kurukshetra war.
Ghatotkach
Aginimitra
Fire wielding demon, part of Ghatotkach’s crew.
Ghatotkach
Krodhvani
Sound wielding demoness, part of Ghatotkach’s crew.
Ghatotkach
Nayantara
Water wielding demoness, part of Ghatotkach’s crew.
Ghatotkach
Sage Agastya
A pivotal figure in Queen Vispala’s story. He acts as her spiritual guide and the direct catalyst for her miraculous recovery.
Vispala
The Ashvins
The divine twin physicians of the gods, representing the duality of sunrise and sunset. They replace Vispala’s severed limb with the legendary iron leg.
Vispala
─ The Circle
THE CREW
We’re small on purpose. For everything else, we work with brilliant collaborators
around the world who are annoyingly more talented than us.
Amit Bhartia
The least creative person here and fully aware of it. Someone has to type the prompts into ChatGPT and pretend it was their idea. Keeps the lights on, stays out of the edit bay, and tries not to ruin things the talented people built. His main skill is… still searching.
Saumya Tandon
Millions of people know her from Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai and Dhurandhar. We know her as the person who watches our rough cuts and says “no” until we actually try harder. Without her, this would all just be vibes and no standards.
Aishia Datta
Trained singer, sound engineer, and the person the AI actually listens to. Also quietly runs operations, coordinates the crew, and makes sure things ship on time. Mousai’s secret weapon.
Ishan Modi
Moved from NYC to Mumbai because apparently one chaotic film industry wasn’t enough. Knows the grammar of real cinema and brings it to a crew that would otherwise just wing it.
We work with editors, animators, and filmmakers all over the world. Different project, different crew.
─ From the Desk
IDEAS
What we’re thinking about, experimenting with, and occasionally ranting about.
We Shot a Mythological Epic with AI. Can It Rival Netflix?
A behind-the-scenes look at how a small crew used generative AI to create a mythological concept film that punches way above its budget.
Why Amazon’s Bandish Bandits Is Poised to Be India’s Taylor Swift Moment
How a show about classical Indian music could become the cultural crossover that reshapes how the world sees Indian storytelling.
Netflix Tells the Epic You Know. We Tell the One You’ve Never Seen.
Why we chose to tell the stories that don’t come with built-in audiences, and how AI gave us the freedom to do it.
From India’s Biggest Thriller to an AI Short Film with Five Strangers. Watch It Here
Welcome to Flux Capacitor Talks. Saumya Tandon delivered an intense, critically acclaimed performance in Dhurandhar, one of the most successful Hindi films of all time.
─ From the Desk
Got A story?
We’re always looking for the next weird, wonderful thing to make.
Got a figure nobody’s heard of? A myth that deserves a screen?
Or just want to say hi? We’re around