Nag Ashwin talks about Kalki 2898 AD’s VFX work being primarily handled in India in a recent event. The talented and ambitious filmmaker said he always wished to finish the VFX work of Prabhas’s big film in India, but eventually, that could not happen.
At the inauguration of VFX Summit 2023 in Hyderabad on Tuesday, director Nag Ashwin talked about the VFX work involved in Kalki 2898 AD, his magnum opus, starring Prabhas along with Deepika Padukone, Kamal Haasan and Amitabh Bachchan in significant roles. Nag Ashwin spoke about Kalki 2898 AD’s VFX work primarily handled in India.
“Almost all the films I assisted in before becoming a filmmaker have had me working in the VFX department. India has seen a significant improvement in the quality of VFX over the past ten years. The quality has come a long way. Even Hollywood studios are coming to India to collaborate with the best studios,” the ‘Yevade Subrahmanyam’ maker said.
The ‘Mahanati’ director stated that he initially wanted to finish all the VFX work for Prabhas’s movie in India. The sentiment of ‘Make in India’ was a source of inspiration for him. “Although most of the visual effects (VFX) for ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ were done locally, domestic capacity prevented us from doing everything ourselves”. Ashwin stated that the entire VFX for his upcoming movies will be done in India without using foreign studios.
The film, produced ambitiously by Aswani Dutt under the banner of Vyjayanthi Movies, is scheduled for release in the first half of 2024. Santosh Narayanan is composing the music for the film.
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