XL Cinema

Making movies accessible for visually impaired audiences with mobile audio description and multi-language support for cinemas and OTT platforms — no extra hardware required.

Co-Founders
Dipti Prasad & Kunaal Prasad
Country
India
Sector
Digital Accessibility
Operating
6 years

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XL Cinema — founder and product photo from the SEED Inclusivity program

Founded by  Dipti Prasad  and  Kunaal Prasad , XL Cinema is transforming the entertainment industry by making movies accessible to visually impaired audiences. Under their company, Brajma Intelligent Systems Pvt. Ltd., they created a mobile-first solution that brings audio descriptions and multi-language support to cinemas and OTT platforms—without any extra hardware or disruption to theater infrastructure.

What are they building?

XL Cinema is a mobile application and SDK platform that delivers synchronized  audio descriptions (AD)  and  multi-language dubbing  for films, making the movie-watching experience inclusive for visually impaired users.

Key features include:

A seamless, AI-powered app that syncs perfectly with movie playback in theaters and at home

Affordable and scalable audio description generation

Integration with OTT platforms and cinema chains

Developer tools (SDK) for partners to easily embed accessibility features

By removing the need for expensive equipment or alterations to cinema setups, XL Cinema offers a plug-and-play accessibility solution for the entire entertainment industry.ing users where they are: at home, at work, or in transit.

The why?

Dipti Prasad and Kunaal Prasad

The idea behind XL Cinema was born from a deeply emotional realization:  cinema is for everyone, but not everyone can experience it equally .

During volunteering experiences,  Dipti Prasad  connected closely with the visually impaired community and saw how excluded they felt from simple joys like going to the movies. At the same time,  Kunaal Prasad , a technologist with a track record in solving real-world problems, knew this was a gap that technology could fix—if built with empathy.

Together, their complementary strengths—Dipti’s business and user empathy, Kunaal’s engineering and innovation—sparked a mission to bridge that emotional gap in storytelling.  XL Cinema was never just about audio. It was about restoring dignity, inclusion, and connection through the universal language of film.

SEED Inclusivity Program Journey

One of the most defining moments of XL Cinema’s SEED Inclusivity journey was realizing, through both mentorship and peer feedback, that  accessibility is not a niche—it’s a mainstream opportunity .

The program helped the team shift their mindset: from seeing accessibility as a support feature to positioning it as a  core value proposition  for the entertainment industry. With guidance from mentors and real-time discussions with other founders, they sharpened their pitch—not just around inclusion, but around  economic opportunity, global scalability, and impact at scale .

Mentorship also reinforced the idea that empathy, when combined with strong technology, creates more than products —  it creates hope and independence.

Recent Achievements

Appeared on  Shark Tank India Season 4 finale , pitching for ₹1.5 crore for 1.5% equity.

Scaled product features for cinema and OTT platforms using AI

Created SDKs to embed accessibility features across partner platforms

Continued development of  Nobaflix , their second product focused on inclusive media

“The SEED Inclusivity journey showed us that true innovation isn’t just about creating technology — it’s about creating hope, dignity, and independence for everyone, everywhere.”

— Dipti Prasad