Prime Focus VFX: The magic behind 8x10 Tasveer : Bollywood News

Imagine this: Akshay Kumar jumping from more than 100 feet height in a lake. Akshay Kumar fighting with his doppelganger, as real as if there were two Akshays on this earth. Imagine a kid falling from a mountain where the height of the mountain in itself is enough to scare the bravest souls.

Directed by maverick director Nagesh Kukunoor, Akshay Kumar starrer 8 X 10 Tasveer has lot of things, an unusual premise and an innovative concept, good stunts and some no-frills action.

But how does it work? How are such stunts possible? Thats a lot of questions. Setting new benchmarks in visual effects, Mumbai based vfx house Prime Focus did it all.

8 X 10 Tasveer cannot be labelled as a vfx heavy film but it still has quite a few extraordinary shots. Hats off to the Prime Focus Visual Effects team led by Creative Head & Vfx Supervisor Merzin Tavaria and Vfx Supervisor Reupal Rawal who did some laudable work. Their work not only added the effects, but also boosted the story line.

Sharing about her experience, Reupal shared, Tasveer has been one of the toughest films in terms of creatives and deliveries. The most important ones being the boat sequence, Akshays dream sequence, and the double roles. Other than that there were Chroma photographs, chroma windows, pips and digital screens along with which there was heavy roto, wire removal and clean up related work,

It was a big challenge to pull out over 500 shots in less than 15 days. I must say that this was only possible because of the hard work and commitment of the team at Prime Focus that we pulled it off, she added.

In a special VFX showcase series by Bollywood Hungama, we bring you an exclusive behind-the-scenes shot by shot explanation which will take you on an enriching vfx ride courtesy Prime Focus and Percept Picture Company.

Prime Focus' VFX: The magic behind 8x10 Tasveer