People Behind the Scenes: Interview with Matte Painter Chandrakant Shenoy : Bollywood News

Remember Shahrukhs action scene in Don, or Hrithiks daredevil stunts in Dhoom 2?

Of course you do, but did you know behind the stars and the shots that made them stars are thousands of technical people involved in the filmmaking process that unfortunately go unnoticed. These people are the ones who make cinema as you know it glitter.

In this exclusive series opening, were going to introduce you to the People behind the Scenes. To start with, BollywoodHungama brings to you a freewheeling chat excerpts with matte painting extraordinaire, Chandrakant Shenoy from one of Indias leading post-production and leading VFX houses - Pixion.

Chandrakant, who helms from a varied industry background including textile, media and others, has worked as lead matte painter for a number of Bollywood Blockbusters. Speak to any of the top honchos at Pixion, and all they have to say about the man is the same like Pixion COO Sanjay Yashroy, Chandrakant is an artist for whom both time and fiscal resources are of prime essence. We are fortunate to have a person like Chandrakant who outdoes himself continually.

Most of the movies that we see today have some form of computer graphics and visual effects involved in it, to make a better picture and give more depth to the story of a film. One of the most crucial parts in digital filmmaking is Matte painting. Matte paintings are used when a scene requires backgrounds or set extensions that are either impossible to build or have too steep a budget for production to spend.

You may not be conscious of it, but most of the Indian and Hollywood blockbusters we see today like 300, LOTR, Avatar, Housefull, Raajneeti etc. have a great deal of matte paintings involved.