Deconstructing VFX of Zoya’s ‘Sheila Ki Jawani’ in Bombay Talkies : Bollywood News

Pixion Studios, one of India's largest post-production houses has executed the visual effects for Zoya Akhtar's Sheila Ki Jawaani segment of Bombay Talkies. Collectively, the film is an anthology of 4 movies directed by Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee and Karan Johar, as an ode to Indian cinema reaching its centenary this year. Out of the four segments in the film, only Zoya's film called for visual effects to augment the narrative. It took a force of 15 artists to accomplish the VFX process in a little over two months. Talking about the intricacies involved, VFX supervisor, Viral Thakkar says, "The work encompassed cleanups, digital matte paints and a sequence where the boy imagines Katrina as a fairy talking to him." Bollywood Hungama's Philip Bode gets Viral to talk about how the action team found it difficult to rig a harness, Zoya permitting creative freedom and the overall challenges in making Bombay Talkies - 'Sheila Ki Jawaani' segment glitter.