Kaminey is a story about a pair of twins - Charlie and Guddu who can't stand the sight of each other. It's a dark comic ride as the brothers are sucked in a world of drugs, guns and money. In the Middle of the crazy adventure running and protecting themselves they realise that all they have is each other.
Kaminey is a treat with a unique style of story telling with brilliant visual treatment; it sets a new trend in Cinema.

We caught up with Govardhan Vigraham who was the VFX Designer/Supervisor for the film, highly reputed with over 17 years of Industry experience. He tells us what makes 'Kaminey' a trend setter and why one shouldnt miss it.

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Feature Artist : Santhosh Pai aka Sanpaiya

Santhosh Pai who is famously know as Sanpaiya on CG forums for whom a degree in Business Management was not enough to take him away from his love for art. He believes that when art inspires you, you never look at things around you the same way. Having studied art under eminent artist Ramesh Rao at Drishya school of Arts he weaved his way to being a well known and mature artist. His works today are appreciated at many platforms. Calling himself a perpetual student of art Santhosh can inspire anyone with the essence of his works and how the vivid colors speak a different perception of emotions expressed through mere simplicity of art. CGTantra caught up with Santhosh to know more and make him share his magic with us. READ MORE...

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Anifest India 2009 - A reason to Smile !

The countdown has begun. The Anifest India 2009 is back, You can breathe now may be not sneeze though. After reluctantly having to posponed the event the entire TASI team gives us a reason to smile again. Anifest 2009 shall be held from the 18th to the 20th September 2009. We just wanted to tell you more about the exciting sessions throughout the 3 days and talk to the team about the festival.

The Entire TASI team is on their toes to get you the best at Anifest 2009. With great effort and my great detective skills I caught hold of few members of the TASI core team to talk to us. Here is what they had to say.

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‘Do Paise Ki Dhoop Chaar Aane Ki Barish’ (‘Two pennies for sunshine and four cents for rain’), the directorial debut of the famous Indian actress-turned-filmmaker Deepti Naval, premiered at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival this year to a very warm reception. The film, which was also written and produced by Naval on a very tight budget, is, on the surface, the story of a struggling gay lyricist, an ageing prostitute and her physically challenged 12 year old son. But “it isn’t simply a film about gays and prostitutes. It is more essentially about the ebbs and tides of human relationships,” said Naval in an interview. “The idea was to present a modern, sensitive and realistic portrait of people struggling to find happiness.”

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Nate Wragg from Pixar visits India

Anifest India 2009 is just few blocks away. With an interesting line up of sessions we also have a session on Art Direction & Pre-production by Nathan Wragg from Pixar. A master illustrator who can see the funny side of eventually any story is all packed up and excited to be sharing his bit with India. CGTantra caught up with him to know more about him and his works.

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Prime Focus brings Hollywood VFX veteran to India

Mumbai, August 5th, 2009 - Michael Fink, Hollywood Visual Effects veteran and Academy Award winner has directed his first Indian TV commercial for Lotte Coffy Bite. Fink is President, VFX Worldwide at Prime Focus, India's leading Visual Entertainment Services Company. The Mumbai based company was appointed by Rediffusion Y&R and MAD Entertainment for the toffee brand's latest TV commercial.

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