In Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi, the heroine uses a dummy horse in a battle scene. In period dramas, animatronics is used. It is a technique of getting lifelike robots to perform in films. Certain scenes are dangerous if executed with the real animals. Prasun Basu and Gauri Tiwari are supplying animatronic horses for films. Retakes are easy with an animatronic horse. One also avoids the wrath of animal rights activists. This technique is very common in Hollywood. Replicas of a heart or a brain or a life-sized chicken can be developed. They create imaginative creatures also, such as a bear with a human body. They use materials like acrylic or rubber. They experiment with materials — gel-filled silicon. They make body-suits too. They have worked with animatronic horses in The Last Samurai. They have in stock six horses. Their elephant has been used in Jungalee. Actual figures give realism. The creatures are motorised to mimic movements. If the animal has to emote, they can do it.