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‘Pathaan,’ ‘Tiger 3’ VFX Head on Bollywood’s Growing Use of Pre-Viz: ‘Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan Are Very Hands-On’ (EXCLUSIVE)


VFX guru Sherry Barda reveals the process behind the spectacular action sequences in Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan's 'Pathaan' and 'Tiger 3.'

The spectacular, death-defying action sequences in 2023 Bollywood hits like “Pathaan” and “Tiger 3” involve not just stunt work, but also a huge amount of visual effects ( VFX). Leading Indian studio Yash Raj Films ‘ VFX division yFX was founded in 2016 with its first major project being Ali Abbas Zafar’s wrestling saga “Sultan,” headlined by Salman Khan and Anushka Sharma. When the director shows them the pre-viz that we’ve done, which is almost like a small simplified version of the actual edit that they’ll see eventually, they have their ideas, they have their thoughts, they know what they’re supposed to do on set.

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