Ajeesh Nair has joined Kuku as Creative Producer and AI showrunner at the company’s Mumbai office, effective this month. With experience across television production, OTT content, animation and generative AI, Nair will focus on developing AI-powered microdramas designed for mobile-first audiences, with an emphasis on engaging storytelling, strong hooks and compelling cliffhangers.
Nair announced his new role on LinkedIn, expressing excitement about working with the team in Mumbai and building the future of audio and video storytelling using AI.
He said he looked forward to new challenges, fresh ideas and opportunities to create engaging stories.
In his new role, Nair will help conceptualise and develop AI-powered microdramas, overseeing the entire content production process, from ideation and script development to AI generation, post-production and final delivery.
He will collaborate with writers, AI directors, editors and prompt engineers to translate creative concepts into finished content while maintaining consistency across episodes.
Before joining Kuku, Nair spent around 10 months at Pocket FM, where he worked across generative AI content development. Earlier, Nair worked at Pepper Media and at OTT platform istream.in.
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