Wild Claims: 4000 Cr Ramayana Makers Used AI For Music?

Salim Merchant on AI music

A fresh discussion around AI-generated music has emerged after Salim Merchant made a claim during his appearance on a podcast. While discussing the future of music, he reportedly said that a recently released song from a major film was created using Suno, an AI music-generation platform.

Salim also said he was “100%” certain about the claim. His comments have led to speculation on social media, with many users assuming that he was referring to the recently released song “Jai Jai Ram” from Ramayana. The song was released around the same period and received significant attention.

However, there is currently no confirmation that Salim Merchant was referring to Ramayana. The film’s first song has been officially credited to AR Rahman, with lyrics by Kumar Vishwas and vocals by Arijit Singh and Shreya Ghoshal.

This distinction is important because Salim’s claim referred only to an unspecified “big film” and did not identify any particular movie. Social media users have connected his comments with Ramayana, but that remains speculation at this stage.

The discussion raises questions about the growing role of AI in the music industry. It also highlights the question of where AI assistance ends and human musical authorship begins when technology is used during the creative process.

Platforms such as Suno can generate complete musical compositions, making it increasingly difficult for audiences to determine how much of a commercially released song was created traditionally and how much involved AI. Research has also indicated that distinguishing synthetic music from human-created music is becoming more technically challenging.

There is currently no confirmation that Salim Merchant’s comments were about Ramayana. He may have been referring to a song from another film. Until the composer, makers or music team identify the song in question, linking the claim specifically to Ramayana would be premature.

The Ramayan movie song has been made using AI. 🤯

Salim Merchant said on Prakhar’s podcast that a song from a big film was recently released, and he is 100% sure that it was made using Suno. pic.twitter.com/B7fpwF6Uqb

— Raya (@Raya1ry) September 19, 2026