OK Computer (TV series)

Set in the year 2031, OK Computer takes place in a technologically advanced India featuring holographic infrastructure and drone-operated highways. When a self-driving taxi is hacked and used to kill a pedestrian, cybercrime detective Saajan Kundu is pulled out of retirement to investigate.

Reluctantly partnering with Laxmi Suri, an artificial intelligence specialist and his former colleague, Saajan traces the case to Goa. Their investigation leads them to Ajeeb, a government-funded humanoid robot with a seemingly benign disposition.

As the inquiry unfolds, the team confronts philosophical and legal dilemmas: Is Ajeeb capable of intent or violence? Can an artificial intelligence be held accountable if manipulated by another? Could a human be orchestrating events from behind the scenes? The series explores these questions while examining the ethical boundaries of AI and its role in future society.

• Vijay Varma as Saajan Kundu
• Radhika Apte as Laxmi Suri
• Kani Kusruti as Monalisa Paul
• Ullas Mohan as Ajeeb
• Neil Pagedar as Ajeeb's voice
• Jackie Shroff as Pushpak Shakur
• Sarang Sathaye as Ashfaq Auliya
• Vibha Chibber as DCP DCP
• Ratnabali Bhattacharjee as Trisha Singh
• Rasika Dugal as Satoshi Mondal
• Alok Ulfat as Nigel Paudwal

Pooja Shetty, Neil Pagedar and Anand Gandhi worked extensively through its research for three years and the team spent seven years for the work, with four years on developing the script which is touted to be an "entire universe of sequels, prequels, gaming, feature film, animation script and episodic content with multiple seasons".^[3][4][5]

The team filmed most of the series by March 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown was announced, and in April 2020, the team reported the primary cast members Radhika Apte and Vijay Varma first to the news.^[6] They also planned to enter post-production which was delayed due to lockdown restrictions.^[7] The team spent four months for post-production as it features heavy visual effects.^[8] By early February 2021, the team had completed the post-production works.^[8]

The series was showcased to the officials of Disney+ Hotstar who eventually agreed for its distribution rights.^[9][8] On 8 March 2021, the first poster of the series was unveiled through social media platforms,^[10] followed by the trailer on 10 March 2021.^[11][12] The series was unveiled on Disney+ Hotstar on 26 March 2021 in Hindi and was dubbed in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali and Marathi languages.^[13]

OK Computer was the first series to be screened at the Bright Future's section at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam 2021 and one of the only series to be screened in theatres at the New Zealand International Film Festival 2021.