VFX, as we know, stands for special effects. Of late Indian movies have seen superb VFX in movies like Brahmastra. Avengers: End Game had 2400 VFX shots, whereas Brahmastra Part 1: Shiva had 4500 VFX shots.

Anil Kapoor’s Mr. India had some effects to make him invisible in 1987. It helped the storyline. Sri Devi fell in love with him. Peter Pereira worked on the special effects here. Mostly these were mechanical and were photographic tricks. A decade later in 2002, Jaani Dushman had special effects which were substandard. The TV serials of Ramayana, Mahabharat and Shaktiman too had limited special effects. Even recent films Half Girlfriend and Mohenjo Daro and Kalank had special effects which were caricature-like. Shraddha Kapoor’s Nagin trilogy will have VFX.

The real transition in special effects in India came with Koi Mil Gaya in 2003 and Krrish series of Rakesh Roshan. Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies did VFX for Krrish 3 and Krrish 4 will have world-class VFX.

Between 1980 and early 2000, Bollywood had excellent VFX films, e.g. Terminator (1984), Terminator 2, Aliens, Star Trek, Resident Evil: Apocalypse.

In India, the recently released film of Varun Dhavan Bhediaya has good VFX. VFX has growh in scale and size in Indian film industry in the last 15 years. Films such as Ra.One (2011), Krrish 3, Fan, Zero, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, Shershaah and Brahmastra are exampless.

The Government too wants to promote AVGC or animation, visual effects, gaming and comics.

VFX is an expensive technology. The cost varies as per the film’s scale and budget. In some films, it accounts for 30-40 per cent of the budget. Though scale matters, VFX can be made a part of small films.