Deconstructing the VFX of Ankur Arora Murder Case

We bagged the project in January this year and started working on the visual effects process right through February, and finished it within the first week of March. Our core VFX team comprised of twelve compositors, Read More">one motion graphic artist and a matte painting artist. The work involved was to understand that every shot hadRead More

We bagged the project in January this year and started working on the visual effects process right through February, and finished it within the first week of March. Our core VFX team comprised of twelve compositors, one motion graphic artist and a matte painting artist. The work involved was to understand that every shot had different graph and the various other indicator animations. In order to make the fluctuations seem credible, we switched the levels after discussing it with highly qualified surgeons thanks to the director and the production department of the film."

For executing the background replacement shots, we took many photographs of the Bandra Worli sea link, and shot the background plates of it from all the requisite angles. Using matte paintings, we recreated all the backgrounds differently as per the shots. We did some night shots which were a little difficult, Read More">as we had toRead More

For executing the background replacement shots, we took many photographs of the Bandra Worli sea link, and shot the background plates of it from all the requisite angles. Using matte paintings, we recreated all the backgrounds differently as per the shots. We did some night shots which were a little difficult, as we had to blend the background to the foreground and make it seem natural. One of the most challenging parts with the VFX for this film was that, we had to coordinate with doctors throughout and seek their approvals for taking the specifications of the heartbeats, pulse rates etc. which we changed according to the actors expression and narrative requirements. This was a regular exercise so we made every single hospital monitor shot look perfect and credible in the film."

Since the film is based on a medical blunder, Shilpan sheds light and gives us a gist on the VFX used in the film, he says, “For the hospital monitors, we incorporated Picture-in Pictures (PIP) by embedding different graph animations along with the fluctuating numbers of the heartbeat, Read More">pulse rate and oxygen levels. In additionRead More

Since the film is based on a medical blunder, Shilpan sheds light and gives us a gist on the VFX used in the film, he says, "For the hospital monitors, we incorporated Picture-in Pictures (PIP) by embedding different graph animations along with the fluctuating numbers of the heartbeat, pulse rate and oxygen levels. In addition to the hospital monitor PIPs; we also had television picture-in-picture shots in which we added CG generated channel logos and marquees. Apart from the PIPs generated, we also had the task of replacing chroma shots in the house sequences, with background plates of the Bandra-Worli sea-link."

Every now and then we hear atrocious cases of gross negligence, thanks to the tabloids that go on to uncover some appalling anecdotes of medical laxity which is rampant in the country. While some cases are scrutinized, Read More">some of them never see the light of day evading justice. Bollywood has never witnessed a film basedRead More

Every now and then we hear atrocious cases of gross negligence, thanks to the tabloids that go on to uncover some appalling anecdotes of medical laxity which is rampant in the country. While some cases are scrutinized, some of them never see the light of day evading justice. Bollywood has never witnessed a film based on medical negligence until now with, Ankur Arora Murder Case, written by the unconventional Vikram Bhatt and directed by Suhail Tatari. Considering that one of the key elements in the film is that it is based in a hospital, the post-production aspect of it included massive picture in picture replacements (PIP) Bollywood Hungama's Philip Bode gets Shilpan Vyas VFX line producer from Reliance MediaWorks, to take us behind the scenes and talk about how the VFX process, augmented the narrative of the grimness of the Ankur Arora Murder Case.