Humans in the Loop(2025)
Hindi74 mins
An indigenous woman works as an AI data-labeler after returning to her village with her children, but soon questions the human bias in machine learning.
Mood:
emotionalthought-provokingdisturbing
Where to watch:
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Netflix
- Theatrical Release
- 5 September 2025
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Rating
- 6.8/10
Storyline
A woman goes back to her home village with her kids and gets a job labeling data for artificial intelligence. While doing the work, she starts to see and question the human prejudices that get built into the technology.
“Her past shapes the future of machines.”
Film Details
6.8Rating
74Minutes
HindiLanguage
UCertificate
Release Date5 September 2025
Parental Guide
Violence
Low
Language
Low
Sex / Nudity
Mild
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
Low
Where to Watch
Vibe & Tags
Mood
emotionalthought-provokingdisturbing
Themes
identitycorruptionfamilyjustice
Toneserious
Pacingslow-burn
Complexityrequires-attention
Audiencearthouse
Best Withalone
Violence2
Emotion4
Humor1
Rewatchability3
Cast & Crew
#1
A
Aranya SahayActor
→#2
R
Ridhima SinghDhaanu
→#3
G
Gita GuhaAlka
→#4
V
Vikas GuptaRitesh
→#5
A
Anurag LugunRoshan
→#6
S
Sonal MadhushankarNehma
→#7
#8P
Prayrak MehtaActor
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Mathivanan RajendranCrew
→Trivia
- The film's director Aranya Sahay spent months with data labelers in rural India for research.
- The lead actress learned to speak a few phrases in the indigenous Korku language for her role.
- Many background actors in the village scenes were actual residents of a tribal area in Madhya Pradesh.
- The film's budget was unusually low for a Hindi drama, at under 5 crore rupees.
- A real, decommissioned AI training dataset was used as a prop in key office scenes.
- The screenplay was workshopped at a lab for filmmakers focusing on technology and society.
- The movie's climax was shot in a single, uninterrupted 11-minute take.