2012, VFX and Bollywood’s Rs.100 cr club

Dabangg 2 Towards the end of the year, in December we saw Salman returning in his entire Chulbul Pandey splendor with Dabangg 2. To enhance the narrative, Prime Focus was roped in to deliver 950 visual effects shots of the film achieved through 120 artists. Talking about the experience, senior VFX supervisor, Reupal Rawal says, Read More">Read More

Dabangg 2

Towards the end of the year, in December we saw Salman returning in his entire Chulbul Pandey splendor with Dabangg 2. To enhance the narrative, Prime Focus was roped in to deliver 950 visual effects shots of the film achieved through 120 artists. Talking about the experience, senior VFX supervisor, Reupal Rawal says, "It is a sheer visual spectacle achieved with a team of technical wizards, it was worth traveling the VFX journey of Dabangg 2."

Son of Sardaar As we get bombarded with more masala entertainers, in November we saw yet another film which called for gargantuan VFX work to augment its peppy narrative for Ajay Devgn’s Son of Sardaar. Once again, Pixion Studios delivered a staggering 3800 VFX shots for the film. Talking about the work involved, Read More">Former VFXRead More

Son of Sardaar

As we get bombarded with more masala entertainers, in November we saw yet another film which called for gargantuan VFX work to augment its peppy narrative for Ajay Devgn's Son of Sardaar. Once again, Pixion Studios delivered a staggering 3800 VFX shots for the film. Talking about the work involved, Former VFX supervisor from Pixion Studios, Navin Paul says, "For this film we've used a horde of visual effects tools such, for example, the horse visible on screen was entirely modeled and made up using CG."

Barfi! In September, Read More">Anurag Basu’s Barfi! was a great example this year of how a sensitive subject could be handled with tact and elegance. The film was also chosen as India’s official entry to the Oscars. Mumbai based Pixion Studios was roped in to lend a voice to the silent yet animated Barfi with deliveringRead More

Barfi!

In September, Anurag Basu's Barfi! was a great example this year of how a sensitive subject could be handled with tact and elegance. The film was also chosen as India's official entry to the Oscars. Mumbai based Pixion Studios was roped in to lend a voice to the silent yet animated Barfi with delivering 500 visual effects shots for the film. Former Pixion VFX supervisor Prasad Sutar manned a team of 110 artists to accomplish the feat in just 45 days.

Ek Tha Tiger Darling of the masses, Salman Khan has made ardent fans throng theatres this August to watch his latest film, Ek Tha Tiger. The high octane action film that was shot across five countries was also the first Bollywood film to be shot in Dublin, Ireland, Read More">that had over 1200 shots digitally augmentedRead More

Ek Tha Tiger

Darling of the masses, Salman Khan has made ardent fans throng theatres this August to watch his latest film, Ek Tha Tiger. The high octane action film that was shot across five countries was also the first Bollywood film to be shot in Dublin, Ireland, that had over 1200 shots digitally augmented by Tata Elxsi's Visual Computing Labs (VCL). Sixty artists worked through six and a half months to deliver the VFX for the film. Talking about the project, Pankaj Khandpur, Creative Director of VCL says, "An average film would have over 2000 - 3000 shots in it. In Ek Tha Tiger, we have over 1200 VFX shots, this comprises of a little less than half the number of shots that make up an entire movie."

Bol Bachchan After savoring success with Singham last year, the magical duo, Read More">Rohit Shetty and Ajay Devgn returned in July with Bol Bachchan. The post-production process was one of the most crucial element that assisted with the success of the over the top narrative of the film. Pixion Studios was roped in to deliver aRead More

Bol Bachchan

After savoring success with Singham last year, the magical duo, Rohit Shetty and Ajay Devgn returned in July with Bol Bachchan. The post-production process was one of the most crucial element that assisted with the success of the over the top narrative of the film. Pixion Studios was roped in to deliver a colossal 68 minutes of visual effects work in 5 months. Navin Paul, was the VFX supervisor on the film while he was at Pixion. Talking about the magnitude of the work involved in Bol Bachchan, Navin says, "Since the narrative of the film and its characters were based in Rajasthan, it was necessary for the team to ensure that everything encompassed a Rajasthani aura to it. The challenges involved with such a project was to procure an output that was convincing and credibly."