Rajamouli’s magnum opus Baahubali is credited in Tollywood with having highest number of visual effects. Joining next is Rana Daggubati’s forthcoming film Ghazi. Touted to be India’s first submarine war drama, Ghazi is going to boast 700 computer-graphic shots making it the next technically high standard CG oriented film after Baahubali.
Apparently, the film was first intended to have only 40 CG shots as director Sankalp had planned to make it in a small scale.
“During the initial stage of Ghazi, we thought of having only 40 CG shots including 30 CG shots under water due to various constraints. But after Rana, PVP and Niranjan Reddy joined the film, we increased it to 700 CG shots to make a grand feature film,” shared Ghazi VFX designer Vasudev.
Based on a mysterical sinking of Pak submarine PNS Ghazi near Visakhapatnam during 1971’s Indo-Pak war, most of the film is under water.
“There is no Ghazi without CG. Indian audience never experienced complete underwater war atmosphere before on big screen. It took 2 years for us to complete R&D on it before finalizing production. Challenge was to match International standards shaping a perfect look and authentic ocean flavor for Ghazi. For this, 3D environment in CG matching all underwater dynamics was created,” added Vasudev.
Featuring an ensemble cast including Rana, Tapsee, Atul Kulkarni, Kay Kay Menon and others, Ghazi is hitting the screens this Friday.