How they recreated 70s in Action Replayy : Bollywood News

This year Bollywood has churned out a plethora of movies utilising visual effects (VFX) as an effective instrument to enhance their stories. The latest to join the bandwagon is Vipul Amrutlal Shahs Action Replayy. Based on a musical play, the flick brought in a retro Diwali for families who thronged PVR on a sparkling Friday leaving the audiences in splits with its witty gags. The film left spectators blushing and beaming which was evident in the faces of those who ventured out of their thrones for munchies at intermission.

Vipul Shah, who also produced the caper, has an impressive cast line up where the plot of the film revolves around Bunty who tries to bring harmony to his conflicting parents, but with his frustrated attempts at patching them, the protagonist Aditya Roy Kapur takes a chance to travel back in time using his lovers grandfathers contraption to alter his parents romantic history.

Pixion Studios, one of Indias leading post-production houses, added shimmer to the 70s themed caper. Although the film demanded an astounding 800 VFX shots for enhancing the tale, Prasad Sutar - the VFX supervisor of the film and his team accomplished their mission through a rigid deadline of four months with finesse.

Talking about the vehicles in the films, Prasad says, We also replaced the number plates on the cars that were visible. Since black license plates were more prevalent in that period of time.

Pixion fused its artillery in Chennai and Mumbai to execute one of the biggest science fiction feats churned out of Bollywood. The team digitally recreated scenes and enhanced the sets that depicted a psychedelic picture of a bygone era of the 70s. In this exclusive futuristic retrospective case study Bollywoodhungamas Philip Bode takes you on a journey through the VFX mechanics that made Time travel possible in Action Replayy. Courtesy Viral Thakkar, Prasad Sutar, Ranadheer Reddy, Hariharan Suthan, Prince Chaurasia, Pankaj and Pixion Studios.

Pre production

VFX and post-production began in August 2010. 2500 man days were utilised both in Mumbai and Chennai, Due to the mammoth scale of work involved. 125 artistes were on board for this project. The facility in Chennai had the task of executing the time machine sequence. Rotoscopy was done for almost every shot in the film. To achieve their goal, the team watched many films pertaining to the 70s. The team also googled for 70s themed architecture, fortunately for the team, VT and Fort area in Mumbai havent changed much.