First Bollywood movie shot fully on iPhone 14 Pro: Fursat by Vishal Bhardwaj

Just how good is the iPhone 14 Pro’s camera prowess? Digit’s Test Centre has had no qualms in hailing Apple’s iPhone as the de-facto video benchmark for gauging every other smartphone’s video chops for the better part of a decade. Circa 2023, the time has come for even the best in Bollywood to stake their reputations on the iPhone’s video capabilities. ‘Fursat’, a sci-fi time-travelling Bollywood-style musical by acclaimed filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj and starring Ishaan Khattar and Wamiqa Gabbi, is the latest proof of this endeavour.

Far from a hobbyist or amateur production, and certainly, beyond any of Apple’s iPhone video ads, Fursat is Bollywood’s first non-commercial movie shot completely on an iPhone — the iPhone 14 Pro — and produced entirely by Apple India. It’s a homage to the iPhone 14 Pro’s cutting-edge video capabilities, performing at the highest levels of filmmaking in all its unrestrained glory. 

In fact, the iPhone 14 Pro is the invisible star act of Fursat, which helps bring the Bollywood experience to life, not only matching up to the rigorous demands of award-winning film director Vishal Bhardwaj but surpassing all his expectations of what he thought an iPhone 14 Pro was capable of achieving.

“It’s frankly unbelievable what this tiny handheld gadget that can fit inside your pocket is able to capture through its camera,” said Vishal Bhardwaj, at a special media screening of Fursat in Mumbai. “As a device, it’s taking you out of the limitations which we had when we were growing up. We didn’t have the luxury which iPhone is providing every budding filmmaker today,” he further emphasised.

Apart from the iPhone 14 Pro’s overall stellar video capture experience, both Vishal Bhardwaj and Swapnil Sonawane, director of photography of Fursat, were blown away by the iPhone’s Action and Cinematic modes. Fursat’s opening sequence shows Ishan Khattar furiously sprinting through an old, tiny market alley – not unlike Aladdin running through the streets of Agrabah – crisscrossing through a maze of street sellers and pedestrian traffic. It gets your heart pumping instantly, where Swapnil Sonawane’s behind-the-lens artistry truly shines, but he humbly credited the scene’s excellent cinematography largely to the iPhone 14 Pro’s camera. 

“I didn’t know how much the iPhone could handle, but the way it did was just fantastic,” said Swapnil Sonawane, who did remarkable work on Netflix’s Sacred Games, among other several claims to fame Bollywood projects. “I think Action mode is the most amazing update. For the iPhone 14 Pro to be held in your hand and run with all your might looking at the actor, one can get extremely steady shots, without an external gimbal,” he said of how he captured the running sequence of Ishaan Khatter in Fursat. Of course, we all know Action mode supports up to 2.8K resolution and 60 fps with Dolby Vision or ProRes recording to allow for uncompromising video shots.

In another seminal ensemble scene of Fursat, shot entirely in a train compartment, where all three protagonists of Fursat are face-to-face, the iPhone 14 Pro showcases its Cinematic mode, with a beautiful depth-of-field effect and automatic focus changes to the video in 4K at 30 fps. “The way Cinematic mode shifts focus is the way the focus puller would, it's an emotional shift focus, which is what was absolutely beautiful about it,” Swapnil Sonawane emphasised about the iPhone 14 Pro. 

Even Digit’s Dhriti Datta writes about these two new video modes in her review of the iPhone 14 Pro Max and its overall video quality as follows, “The video quality is the absolute best in the business on the iPhone 14 Pro Max. The footage captured is smooth, true to life, has great dynamic range, and looks professional.”

Apart from Action and Cinematic modes, there are some macro and wide-angle shots, showing the full repertoire of the iPhone 14 Pro’s camera. Despite it being an ode to the iPhone 14 Pro, all said and done, Fursat is quite enjoyable – it’s a Bollywood-style musical full of songs and dances with an emotional love story at its heart, accentuated by elements of science-fiction and time travel. What’s not to like? A short and sweet tour de force by Vishal Bhardwaj, if anything the 30-minute playtime of Fursat feels a bit too short.

Ready to see what the future of filmmaking looks like? You can watch Fursat movie for free on YouTube.

Read Digit’s review of the iPhone 14 Pro Max.

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Dead Space Review: A Bloodcurdling Return to the Ishimura

Dead Space remake review: With Dead Space, EA Motive has succeeded in re-creating the horrors of 14 years ago by spicing things up with stellar detailing, satisfying gunplay, and tension that never strays from the original. While largely a clone of the original, fresh narrative choices give Isaac Clarke some needed character depth, whilst creating opportunities for re...

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PlayStation Plus Collection Is Shutting Down, Players Can Redeem the 19-Game Collection by May 9

Sony is shutting down its PlayStation Plus Collection soon. Starting May 9, the 19-game collection, which includes both first and third-party titles, will not be available to PS5 owners subscribed to the PS Plus service. Once redeemed, players will be required to hold onto their PS Plus memberships to play the game in the future.

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Sony Raises PS5 Sales Target in Its Annual Profit Forecast Estimated to Reach Record Level

Sony Group has nudged up its annual profit forecast, helped by a strong showing for its videogame division, and raised its PlayStation 5 game console sales target by one million units to 19 million for the year to March.

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Realme 10 Pro 5G Coca Cola Edition launch date announced

Realme launched the Realme 10 Pro 5G in November 2022 and after that it was leaked that Realme might launch a Coca Cola Edition of any one of its phones. Today, Realme has revealed the launch date of Realme 10 Pro 5G Coca Cola Edition. It will roll out in India on February 10th at 12:30 PM local time.

A Twitter user has revealed the design of Realme 10 Pro 5G Coca Cola Edition. The images showed the rear of Realme 10 Pro Coca Cola Edition, which can be seen having a dual camera setup. The design of the device could be red and black stripes on the back with Coca Cola branding. 

However, we don’t know anything about the specification of Realme 10 Pro Coca Cola Edition as Realme has not announced any information yet. Let’s check out the details of Realme 10 Pro 5G.

Realme 10 Pro 5G specifications 

Realme 10 Pro 5G features a 6.7-inch IPS LCD display with the resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels having the support of 120Hz refresh rate. It can give the output of 680 nits on the peak brightness, according to the lab tests.

It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G (6 nm) chipset paired with 6GB, 8GB and 12GB of RAM. The device runs on the Android 13 based Realme UI 4.0.

The phone comes with a dual camera setup holding a 108-megapixel primary camera and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. It is equipped with a 16-megapixel selfie shooter.

The Realme 10 Pro 5G packs a 5000mAh battery and it supports 33-watt fast charging. It can be 50% in 29 minutes, Realme claimed. 

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Top 4 product deals on the Croma Smartphone Carnival Sale

Croma, a Tata retail chain of electronics and durables, has offered great deals on the latest smartphones up to 50% off in its Smartphone Carnival Sale. Croma also offers a chance to win the Tata Nexon EV, Revamp Moto Electric Bike or ₹10,000. Here is the list of the top four smartphones available in the Smartphone Carnival Sale.

1. Redmi Note 11s

Redmi Note 11s was launched in February last year. It is available on Croma at a price of ₹15,999. Croma has also offered a ₹750 discount for Citibank Credit Cards. The Redmi Note 11s comes with a 6.4-inch AMOLED display with 90Hz refresh rate support. It is powered by the Mediatek Helio A25 processor. It has a 108-megapixel quad camera setup. 

2. OnePlus 10 Pro 5G

OnePlus 10 Pro 5G is the latest high-end phone of the company. It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. It features a QHD+ AMOLED display and a 48-megapixel primary camera. It is available on Croma at ₹61,999. Croma also has a ₹6000 instant discount for ICICI Credit Card on the phone.

3. Oppo A78

Oppo A78 was launched in January 2023 and it is available on Croma at a price of ₹18,999 with a discount of ₹750 on Citibank Credit Card and Debit Card. Oppo A78 is equipped with Mediatek Dimensity 700 chipset. It features a 6.5-inch IPS LCD display with 90Hz refresh rate support. It comes with a 50-megapixel dual camera setup.

4. Oppo F19s

Oppo F19s can be purchased at ₹16,490 from Croma’s Smartphone Carnival Sale. Croma also offered a ₹750 discount on the phone from Citibank Credit Card and Debit Card. It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 processor. It features a 6.4-inch AMOLED display with 60Hz refresh rate support. 

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6 tools to detect AI-generated text content

ChatGPT has been the talk of the internet for quite some time now. It can quickly whip up stories, jokes, poems and even write a bit of code. All you have to do is ask it and ChatGPT will get it done for you. With the popularity of ChatGPT, everyone is using it for their work knowingly and unknowingly. But how do you figure out if a given piece of content has been written by ChatGPT or not? Can we even point that out? Well, here are 6 useful tools to help you catch AI-generated text content. 

1. Open AI Classifier 

This Open AI tool known as an AI classifier can detect AI-generated texts and can differentiate between human-written texts and AI-generated texts. The success rate of this tool is 26%, Open AI claimed. You need to have a free account on OpenAI and then paste the text in the column and it will tell you if it’s AI-generated or not. 

2. GPT-2 Output Detector

GPT-2 Output Detector is another tool to detect the AI-generated texts. It can also identify the text written by a human or bot. 

3. Writer.com

Writer.com is a website for users who want to learn creative writing as a beginner. Along with many other features, this website also has a feature to detect  AI-Generated text. You just have to open the website, then open the AI content detector and you are good to go.

4. Copyleaks.com

Another AI text detector website, it is a comprehensive plagiarism detection platform. It uses its plagiarism tool to compare your text with the database of millions of websites and gives you the report.

5. Sapling.ai

Sapling.ai is a messaging tool for professionals to help them in sales, support, and success teams more efficiently compose personalised responses. Sapling.ai has many features including the detection of AI-generated text.

6. Corrector.app

It is basically for people who want their spelling and grammar to be checked in various languages but you can even detect bot-generated language as well on this website. You just have to open the website and scroll down to Browse Other Tools. Select the AI content detector and paste the text in the column. After that, it will tell you how fake the text is in percentage. 

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