Komaram Puli gets Delayed

Charan as Playboy in next movie

Charan at Senthil Kumar Wedding

Cinematographer Senthil Kumar (Arundhati and Magadheera fame) entered into wedlock with Ruhee (yoga instructor) on 25 Jun. His wedding/reception was attended by many film personalities including NTR, Nitin, Vishnu, Ram Charan Teja, Naga Chaitanya, Shashank, Rajamouli, Rama Rajamouli, Allu Arvind, Bhogavally Prasad, RP Patnaik, Valluripally Ramesh, Shyam Prasad Reddy, Kodi Rama Krishna, Gemini Kiran, Neelakanta, RK, Dasarath, Bharat Thakore, Sekhar Suri, Charmme, Priyamani, Sandeep Gunnam etc.

Prasad EFX delivers VFX extravaganza for ‘Magadheera‘

The latest Telugu blockbuster by Director Rajamouli, ‘Magadheera’ starring Ram Charan Tej and Kajal Agarwal has over 63 minutes of enthralling VFX work done by Prasad EFX from its Hyderabad and Chennai facilities. Produced by Allu Aravind’s Geeta Arts, ‘Magadheera’ has over 890 VFX shots that took nearly one year and 10000 man days to complete. The scope of work included animation, 3D tracking, digital matt backgrounds, complicated rope removals and compositing. The arena sequence is a must see, involving some of the most complicated amalgamation of stunts and graphics. Majority of the shots in the film were shot against blue mattes and composited using computer generated background layers. Most of the 3D shots done for the film involved 3D tracking. Especially the Arena/Stadium sequence, required lot of pre- viz. Lot of technical details were collected during the shoot which included tracker point distance, camera angles, lenses used, distortions if any etc. All these put together helped the technicians in the studio to get live footage perfectly matched with the CG elements. Speaking to AnimationXpress.com Prasad EFX DI & VFX Executive Producer Hima Kumar said “The technical contribution of the Director and Cinematographer in the VFX shots was of great help in this mega project. The 3D model for a very complicated arena sequence was done by Adel Adeli, the lighting, crowd animation, and the pipeline was done by Pete Draper while Kamalakannan was the coordinator for this sequence. The excellent team work is reflected in this wonderful sequence which is a highlight of the film”. The Helicopter sequence was entirely shot using a helicopter dummy which looked almost real but without blades. The rotor blades were modeled and animated in 3D and composited on the live footage. Work was done even on the extremely minute details like the shadows of the blades falling on the helicopter body. The dummy helicopter was moved in the air using industrial cranes and the wires and cranes were removed additionally in the post production. The background plates (arial shots) for the helicopter shots were separately shot using a real helicopter In this sequence the water force was created in CG to show the hero getting sucked into the water pipe which was taken in a separate layer. The lighting rays were also worked upon to give the right feel. Also all the leaves and fishes were created in CG to give a natural look to the scene.The Aghora‘s Cave establishing shot was entirely CG including the fire inside.

The matte’s for the entire Bhairava Kona climax sequence involved blue matte shots, set extensions and effects.

The “Bangaru kodipetta” song had “Live to 3D and 3D to Live” shot in it. The hero freezes from live to a stone character and later energies out of that stone structure live. It involved replacing the live hero and background artists with 3D models, 3D tracking modeling and texturing was a challenging job.

The “Bangaru kodipetta” song had “Live to 3D and 3D to Live” shot in it. The hero freezes from live to a stone character and later energies out of that stone structure live. It involved replacing the live hero and background artists with 3D models, 3D tracking modeling and texturing was a challenging job.

Magadheera 5th Week Abroad Schedule

US
Edison NJ
(BIG Cinemas Movie City 8 1655 Oak Tree Rd, Edison, NJ 08820 Phone: 732-548-2300 )

Tickets: $8 adults & $5 kids
Aug 26th,Wed
5:00p,8:15p
Aug 27th,Thu
5:00p,8:15p
Aug 28th, Fri
3:15p,6:30p,10:00p
Aug 29th,Sat
12:00p,3:15p, 6:30pm,10:00p
Aug 30th,Sun
12:00p,3:15p, 6:30pm,10:00p
Aug 31st,Mon
5:00p,8:15p
Sep 1st,Tue
5:00p,8:15p
Sep 2nd ,Wed
5:00p,8:15p
Sept 3rd,Thu
5:00p,8:15p


Contact
Srini
732 586 0932

online tickets:
movietickets.com
zip code: 08820
Herndon, VA
(Worldgate Theaters, Phoenix Worldgate 9 Theater, 13025 Worldgate Drive, Herndon, VA 20170 )

Tickets: $9 adults & $6 kids
Aug 26th,Wed
12:55p,4:20p
Aug 27th,Thu
12:55p,4:20p
Tickets: $6 adults &kids free
Aug 28th, Fri
11:45a,3:20p, 6:40p,10:10p
Aug 29th,Sat
11:45a,3:20p, 6:40p,10:10p
Aug 30th,Sun
12:50p,4:10p,7:55p
Aug 31st,Mon
12:50p,4:10p,7:55p
Sep 1st,Tue
12:50p,4:10p,7:55p
Sep 2nd ,Wed
12:50p,4:10p,7:55p
Sept 3rd,Thu
12:50p,4:10p,7:55p


Contact
Praveen Kondaka
Ph:703 798 9974
Sumanth
Ph:202 256 7200
Krishna
Ph:703 855 8996

online tickets:
movietickets.com
zip code:20170
Norfolk,VA
(Main Gate Movies 10
1500 Mall Dr – Bldg CD-12
Norfolk, VA 23511 )

Aug 26th Wed
11:25a 2:40p 6:00p 9:15p
Aug 27th Thu
11:25a 2:40p 6:00p 9:15p
Aug 28th, Fri
11:25a,2:40p, 6:00p,9:20p
Aug 29th,Sat
11:25a,2:40p, 6:00p,9:20p
Aug 30th,Sun
11:25a,2:40p, 6:00p,9:20p
Aug 31st,Mon
11:25a,2:40p, 6:00p,9:20p
Sep 1st,Tue
11:25a,2:40p, 6:00p,9:20p
Sep 2nd ,Wed
11:25a,2:40p, 6:00p,9:20p
Sept 3rd,Thu
11:25a,2:40p, 6:00p,9:20p


Contact
Praveen Kondaka
Ph:703 798 9974
Sumanth
Ph:202 256 7200
Krishna
Ph:703 855 8996
Bay Area
(Serra Theater 200 SERRA WAY #37, MILPITAS, CA 95035 Ph: 408-935-9674)

Tickets: $10 adults & $5 kids
Aug 26th,Wed
8:00p
Aug 27th,Thu
8:00p
Tickets: $8 adults & $4 kids
Aug 28th, Fri
7:30p,11:15p
Aug 29th,Sat
2:00p,5:00p, 10:30p
Aug 30th,Sun
1:00p,6:30p, 9:30p
Aug 31st,Mon
9:30p
Sep 1st,Tue
9:30p
Sep 2nd ,Wed
9:30p
Sept 3rd,Thu
9:30p


Contact
Bhaskar
510 364 0520

Online tickets:
serratheaters.com
Dallas
(FunAsiA Movies
Hollywood theaters)

TBD


Contact
Kiran
Ph: 302 544 0742
Siddu
Ph:714 415 9136

Online ticketing
funasia.net
Atlanta
(Peachtree Cinemas 6135 Peachtree pkwy Norcross, GA 30092)

Tickets: $8 adults & $5 kids
Tuesday 25th only $5 all
Aug 26th,Wed
3:30p,7:00p,10:30p
Aug 27th,Thu
3:30p,7:00p,10:30p
Aug 28th, Fri
11:55a,7:00p
Aug 29th,Sat
1:00p,4:00p, 7:00p,10:00p
Aug 30th,Sun
4:00p,7:00p,10:00p
Aug 31st,Mon
4:00p,7:00p,10:00p
Sep 1st,Tue
4:00p,7:00p,10:00p
Sep 2nd ,Wed
4:00p,7:00p,10:00p
Sept 3rd,Thu
4:00p,7:00p,10:00p


Contact
Kodandam
Ph:770 309 7689

online tickets:
movietickets.com
zip code:30092
Detroit, MI
(BIG Cinemas Novi Town Center 8 26085 Town Center Drive Novi, MI 48375 Ph: 248-465-7469 )

Tickets: $10 adults & $5 kids
Aug 26th,Wed
1:10p,4:40p, 8:10p
Aug 27th,Thu
1:10p,4:40p, 8:10p
Tickets: $8 adults &Kids free
Aug 28th, Fri
11:50a,3:10p, 6:40p,10:15p
Aug 29th,Sat
11:50a,3:10p, 6:40p,10:15p
Aug 30th,Sun
11:50a,3:10p, 6:40p,10:15p
Aug 31st,Mon
1:50p,5:10p,8:30p
Sep 1st,Tue
1:50p,5:10p,8:30p
Sep 2nd ,Wed
1:50p,5:10p,8:30p
Sept 3rd,Thu
1:50p,5:10p,8:30p


Contact
Raja Surapaneni
Ph: 210 273 7190

Online Ticketing
movietickets.com
zip code:48375
Chicago
(Satyam Cinemas 2119 W 63rd Street, Downers Grove, IL-60516 Meadowbrook Shopping Complex (63rd and Belmont Intersection) )

Tickets: $8 adults &Kids free
Aug 26th,Wed
8:00p
Aug 27th,Thu
8:00p
Aug 28th ,Fri
9:45p
Aug 29th,Sat
2:30p,6:00p,9:30p
Aug 30th,Sun
4:00p,7:30p
Aug 31st,Mon
8:00p


Contact
Ram
Ph:312-375-9960
Ph:312-354-0766

Online tickets
hitcinemas.com
Minneapolis, MN
(Brook dale 8 Cinemas 5810 Shingle Creek Pkwy, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430 )

Tickets: $8 adults & $5 Kids
Aug 28th,Fri
9:15p
Aug 29th,Sat
6:00p
Aug 30th,Sun
3:30p
Sept 1st,Tue
7:30p


Contact
Ramakrishna
Ph:312-375-9960

Online tickets
hitcinemas.com
Kansas City,KS
(West glen 18 Theatres, 16301 Midland Dr, Shawnee, KS)

Aug 28th,Fri
9:00p
Aug 29th,Sat
9:00p


Contact
Mukund
Ph: 949 278 – 5703

Online Booking
kollytollymovies.com
Jefferson City, MO
(Summit Plaza Theatre,
164 W Simon Blvd, Holts Summit, MO 65043 )

Tickets: $10 adults & kids free
Aug 29th, Sat
2:30p


Contact
Bhaskar Puli
630-240-1196
Boise, Idaho
(-)

Aug 30th,Sun
TBD


Contact
Raj
Ph:208 949 3695
Los Angeles
(Laguna Hills Mall Cinemas
34155 Laguna Hills Mall #1340,
Laguna Hills, CA 92653)

Aug 28th,Fri
9:30p


Contact
Pavan Guntireddy
818.642.1145
Sudhi Paladugu
818.235.8511
online tickets:
LAtelugu.com
San Diego
(Carmel Mountain 12 (DTS)
11620 Carmel Mountain Rd,
San Diego,CA 92128)

Aug 30th,Sun
2:30p


Contact
Sreedhar Sambangi
619.315.4379
Kasi Emmadi
619.651.0297
online tickets:
SDtelugu.com


SINGAPORE SCHEDULE
Jade Cinema,
Shaw Towers,
100, Beach Road,
Singapore Sat, 29th Aug,
6.15pm
Sun, 30th Aug,
12.45 PM

AJS Reddy
94230420
90691526
Bhaskaram
81979990