Friday, August 5, 2011

Pixion adds VFX to Super Cop action in ‘Singham’

Pixion has recently delivered VFX for Ajay Devgan starrer Bollywood blockbuster movie ‘Singham’. It has delivered 800 plus brilliant VFX shots in a span of just 40 days for the film.
Singham is over-the-top retro kitsch, spilling over with high-voltage stunts, slow-motion action cuts and fiery dialogues delivered in high decibels. It revolves around Bajirao Singham (Ajay Devgan), the archetypal honest cop who keeps his native village, Shivgad, crime free with his special system of dispensing personalised justice. However, his idyll is broken after a chance encounter with city goon, Jayakant Shikre (Prakash Raj) who rules over Goa with his ill-gotten wealth and power. Out of a sense of vengeance, Shikre gets Singham transferred to Goa and tries to wreak havoc in his life. But he obviously underestimates the power of this diehard cop who knows how to work the system his way.

Pixion, has been associated with the director, Rohit Shetty for many years and has worked for his movies like ‘Sunday’, ‘Golmaal Returns’, ‘All the Best’, ‘Golmaal 3’ and the latest ‘Singham’. Rohit Shetty has also designed all the action sequences of the movie and Pixion has supported him in delivering them efficiently to the audience.
The movie ‘Singham’ was shot on film in Goa, Gokarna (Karnataka) and Mumbai. Naveen Paul, VFX Supervisor says, “Pixion delivered above 800 VFX shots for the movie with the support of around 120 artists. Apart from the time being a challenge, the action sequences required a lot of effort to be delivered seamlessly. There is a shot where 5 goons jump out of a crashed jeep which is a multi plate composite and required a lot of time and efforts”.
Pavan Rajesh, Associate VFX supervisor shed some light on the scope of work saying, “Beyond that there were sequences that we altered from day to night, Wire removals, Floor replacements, Roof creations, CG element additions, Sky replacements, Set extensions, Chroma sequences and clean up shots. Pixion has completed the entire work within the short time span”.
Nelson Dsouza, VFX Producer asserts, “We achieved 40 mins of VFX in a very short span of time and there were a lot of sequences that required major attention. We have also created the Singham Logo, Theatrical promos, Opening Title packaging, packaging for TV promos and packaging in the film.”
Other key people that contributed to the work are Pavan Rajesh- Associate VFX supervisor, Ranadheer Reddy - Comp Head, Nelson D‘souza - VFX Producer, Chandrakanth Shenoy -Lead matte paint, Dinesh Solanki - Lead Compositor, Intekab - Lead Compositor, Jagadeesh Nair - Motion Graphics, Sudhir Tripathi- CG Lead, Viral Thakkar - CGI Head.
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