Deconstructing the VFX of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag : Bollywood News

For a sportsman, chasing the adrenaline rush of hearing thousands applaud your name in harmony - is an intoxicating feeling many of us will never be able to comprehend. And there would not be a better way to celebrate an athlete's spirit by immortalizing his life on film. Rakesh Omprakash Mehra's latest film, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is based on the life of legendary Indian sprinter Milkha Singh which has received many accolades, and garnered an enormous Rs. 92 crores in the domestic box-office in 18 days of its release. One of the most interesting aspects in the filmmaking process that contributed largely to its success was the visual effects process. Pixion Studios was roped in to recreate an era lost in time, Viral Thakkar the creative head of VFX along with Prashant Thakur lead compositor, Sudhir Trivedi CG supervisor and Kinchit Desai VFX line producer - manned a force of a hundred artists to work day and night to deliver the VFX of the film, in a staggering three months time. Bollywood Hungama's Philip Bode gets the team from Pixion Studios to talk about recreating old stadiums digitally, setting up using 7 different angles for a crowd and the challenges in producing the visual effects for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.

Deconstructing the VFX of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag