Time, effort and investment are major contributing factors to decide the quality of VFX. The films with VFX, made in India over a long period undoubtedly would reflect the quality in the final product. Rather than considering it as an add-on during post production, the VFX artist must have an equal space in the shooting set along with the movie director so that they get acquainted with the film and devise suitable effects.
Jithin Lal, ad-man and film director, Kerala
Visual effects are yet to improve in our country. Except for Telugu film Baahubali, VFX has not been up to the mark in Indian movies. Looking at English movies, I think it will take at least five to ten years, till such graphics can be found in Hindi or regional movies in India. Large funding required for such films is also a problem.
Ayaz Afrid, second PUC commerce, SDM College, Ujire
It's not that our VFX artists are not on par with the Hollywood artists as it’s a fact, many Indian artists are doing well in Hollywood. The VFX artists can give their best, only if our filmmakers prefer more effects in their movies. Successful execution of VFX effects in many Tollywood and Bollywood movies including Robot, Ra-One, Kick, Dhoom 3, PK, etc has encouraged Indian filmmakers to use much of this technology which is comparably cheaper than taking the entire film crew for location and shoot. Also reports reveal, market of VFX has grown by 18.5% in comparison to 2010 which symbolizes the acceptability and demand of it. So I hope, soon we will be able to watch movies where our VFX artists will match upto the best of Hollywood.
Tarini Prasad Sahoo, Utkal University
To be honest, I think we’re a long way off from Hollywood as far as VFX or any aspect of filmmaking is concerned. There’s been so much brouhaha about Baahubali as India’s most expensive film but compared to Hollywood, it’s just pocket change. I think it will take at least 20 years for our VFX artists to match up to Hollywood’s level.
Sneha Kollaparthi, Villa Marie Degree College