Deconstructing VFX of Chashme Baddoor

Creative head of the film Viral Thakkar manned a force of 110 artists to digitally augment 20 minutes of footage for Chashme Baddoor. The process which kicked off in July last year, was accomplished in an astounding month’s time. Nuke, Read More">compositing software was one of the main tools utilized in executing the VFX process forRead More

Creative head of the film Viral Thakkar manned a force of 110 artists to digitally augment 20 minutes of footage for Chashme Baddoor. The process which kicked off in July last year, was accomplished in an astounding month's time. Nuke, compositing software was one of the main tools utilized in executing the VFX process for the film.

Read More">“The shots which showcase Ali Zafar standing on a balcony facing the street were augmented through VFX as well. This was digitally augmented as they wanted to show some depth and movement in the background to give more life to the shot. Ali was standing in a balcony against a chroma backdrop which we maskedRead More

"The shots which showcase Ali Zafar standing on a balcony facing the street were augmented through VFX as well. This was digitally augmented as they wanted to show some depth and movement in the background to give more life to the shot. Ali was standing in a balcony against a chroma backdrop which we masked and replaced to achieve the rendered output." Viral said on the other challenging shots for the VFX team.

The shot where one of the main characters’s of the film Ali Zafar pops open a champagne bottle, was actually remade using CG along with the flowing bubbly visible on screen. Talking about fusing CG with the live action footage, Viral says, “To accomplish this, we recreated a computer generated bottle along with the cork, Read More">Read More

The shot where one of the main characters's of the film Ali Zafar pops open a champagne bottle, was actually remade using CG along with the flowing bubbly visible on screen. Talking about fusing CG with the live action footage, Viral says, "To accomplish this, we recreated a computer generated bottle along with the cork, and matched the timing of the actor's thumb as he flicks the champagne cork with his thumb. This was one of the most challenging shots that we came across in Chashme Baddoor."

The trend of remaking some of the old Box Office hits seems to have caught on this year. Unlike Sajid Khan’s Himmatwala which was a BO disaster, David Dhawan’s Chashme Baddoor, a remake of the 80s classic, Read More">garnered about Rs. 36 crores at the BO and was declared a hit. One of the crucial aspectsRead More

The trend of remaking some of the old Box Office hits seems to have caught on this year. Unlike Sajid Khan's Himmatwala which was a BO disaster, David Dhawan's Chashme Baddoor, a remake of the 80s classic, garnered about Rs. 36 crores at the BO and was declared a hit. One of the crucial aspects that contributed towards the film's success is the post-production and VFX process, executed by Mumbai based Pixion Studios. Bollywood Hungama's Philip Bode gets Creative Head Viral Thakkar to give us a glimpse at some of the VFX work that went behind Chashme Baddoor.