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From ‘Lagaan’ to ‘Pathaan’: How YRF’s Sherry Bharda changed visual effects

When Sherry Bharda started out as a young VFX professional in the 1990s, work was, to put it mildly, rather limited. “I think my first major gig was the rainclouds we did for Lagaan,” recalls Sherry, who sat night upon night shaping and rendering the clouds to Aamir’s liking. A small part of the dock was shot live but we threw that away and it became a fully CG shot.” Sherry’s recent victory was Pathaan, the highest-grossing Indian film of 2023. “With Maneesh, there is mutual respect between our departments because he knows that he’s in safe hands,” Sherry says. “I don’t know if compromise is the word, but you’re eventually working towards a delivery schedule, so you have to be able to put your best foot forward and make sure that the shot which we call the money shots looks spectacular.” This, at times, can mean a trade-off between delivery and “where to put your time and effort”.

The Hindu
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