Meet Dino Mukk, thes AI-generated dinosaur town in Kerala that has gone viral

A Kerala-based creative agency used AI to create a dinosaur town in the viral Malayalam mockumentary, Dino Mukk

“Idhu, Palakkadu jilla-yile Dinomukku” (This is Dinomukku in Palakkad district), announces the narrator in a familiar, almost nostalgic tone. The visuals unfold: rolling green hills, misty fields, and the quiet charm of rural Kerala. It could be a scene from an old episode of Krishi Darshan on Doordarshan. But then, the surreal takes over. A T-Rex, towering yet oddly domesticated, carries a tender coconut and hands it to a farmer. In the fictional town of Dinomukku, dinosaurs are not prehistoric relics but farm animals, helping with agriculture, providing eggs and meat, even playing with children. 

This AI-generated minute-long Malayalam mockumentary by Storytellers Union has struck a chord, amassing over 2.2 million views on Instagram and earning praise from film stars like Sivakarthikeyan and Aishwarya Lekshmi. The short video feels like a time capsule and a glimpse into an alternate reality, one where nostalgia meets science fiction.

For Gokul S Pillai, one of the founders of Storytellers Union, filmmaking was an ambition nurtured since his college days. As a B.Tech student, he and his childhood friends, Sanjay Siby and Sidharth Sobhan, started making short films with whatever resources they could afford. His co-founder, Shine Naushad, was his college mate and later became his creative partner in what would eventually evolve into Storytellers Union — a collective of filmmakers with expertise across various aspects of visual storytelling.

What started as a collective of freelancers soon transformed into a creative agency, working with leading brands. By 2023, Storytellers Union had set its sights on longer-format storytelling, developing film and series projects while continuing commercial work.

However, the constraints of traditional advertising soon became frustrating. “At one point, our ads became very templated, and we couldn’t contribute creatively,” Gokul explains. With the rise of AI tools, the team began experimenting — first using AI for pitches, storyboards, and voiceovers, and later exploring AI-driven video generation. By early 2025, they had developed an AI-generated teaser as a pitch tool for a feature film. The success of that experiment led them to refine their AI workflow further, culminating in the idea for Dino Mukk.

“We realised that a documentary format would work well within our AI-generated workflow,” Gokul says. The concept of a rural town farming dinosaurs emerged during a brainstorming session, with Sanjay Siby drawing inspiration from Kerala’s classic agricultural TV programmes like Krishi Darshan. They quickly put the plan into action. The first AI-generated shot — a dinosaur playfully kissing a child — came out so well that it bolstered their confidence. Within just eight days, the team completed the entire video, blending nostalgia with an outlandish yet oddly believable premise.

Setting Dino Mukk in Palakkad was not just an aesthetic choice; it was a way to ground the story in a place that immediately evokes the essence of Kerala. Considered an agricultural hub of the state, Palakkad’s lush paddy fields and mountainous backdrops provided the perfect setting for a dinosaur farm. But blending dinosaurs into this world was a challenge. “We didn’t want them to be aggressive, like in most films. Instead, we aimed to make them cute,” Gokul says. Through careful selection of angles and character interactions — such as a dinosaur playfully standing beside a grandmother pouring water — they ensured that these creatures felt both surreal and endearing.