The main goal for the visual effects team at EFX studios was to stick to the original concept of making the film look gritty, and flawlessly integrate. The compositing team spent a lot of time polishing up the end result with refining the details that blended with the rest of the material being presented on screen. The VFX needed for some of the shots varied from the popular helicopter sequences in which it was multiplied for various sequences across the film. The team also had various cleanups, muzzle flashes, blast enhancements and crowd multiplications augmented for the film.
Kamaljeet Negi, the cinematographer and the colorist of the film (Prasad EFX didn't disclose his name) went through the footage and laboriously graded every scene with precision over the course of a month in the studio's main grading theater. With the DI process, the team customized the handling of the digital formats that were fused with their pipeline in the widest colour and gamma space available, for the camera systems in question, using various input translations. This process gives the cinematographer and colorist a wide range of information to translate back to print film and the digital cinema package (DCP). This collaborative nature allows the team to contribute to the overall quality of the film.
The team at Prasad were involved right through the digital intermediate (DI), visual effects and the final deliverables process of the film. The project required an advanced workflow, since it was shot with multiple cameras. The pipeline which the team at Prasad EFX studios adopted, could handle all the camera formats in their raw native state during the DI process. The digital cameras that were employed during production of the film ranged from Arri Alexa's Raw and ProRes, to the RED Epic and Gopro camera systems.
Versatility is an adroitness that not many who helm the megaphone possess with authority. Although of the few who are capable know the impediments involved with making films, which generally don't connect with an Indian audience. In a country that thrives on masala and candy floss like films, Shoojit Sircar is an exemplar who does not conform to a formulaic genres that are tried and tested. Despite being marred by controversy, Shoojit's latest political espionage thriller Madras Cafe has amassed over Rs. 41 crores in collections at the domestic box-office. The film, which has an ensemble cast with John Abraham playing the protagonist, revolves around the Indian incursion during the Sri Lankan civil war, and the assassination of a former Prime Minister of India. In order to augment the action packed visuals of the film EFX Studios a division of Prasad Corporation Ltd, one of India's largest post-production houses was roped to deliver 220 visual effects (VFX) shots of the film. Bollywood Hungama gives you a sneak-peak into the VFX process that augmented the narrative of Madras Cafe.