Nasscom Animation and Gaming Summit 2009 was held on the 6th and the 7th of November 2009 at HICC, Hotel Novitel, Hyderabad. The event this year had a different feel to it. Fruitful sessions that cater to the gaming and the animation industry also had an artist's perspective to it.
Shelly Page, Head, International Outreach, Dreamworks and Nitin Chawla, Executive Producer, Walt Disney Interactive Media Group started with the key notes before we moved on to the sessions.

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Prime Focus recreates 26/7 Mumbai floods in Tum Mile with over 300 VFX shots and DI

Prime focus, a global visual entertainment services group delivers yet another visual treat for Mukesh Bhatt's upcoming movie titled 'Tum Mile' with the VFX team led under the creative guidance of Merzin Tavaria, Chief Creative Director and the Digital Intermediate team led by Rohan Desai, DI head and Chief Colorist , Prime Focus.

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Future Works Delivered challenging VFX Shots for Tum Mile - an unusual love story Directed by Kunal Deshmukh set in backdrops of Mumbai's rampageous 26thJuly'05.

Tum mile takes a calamity that hit Mumbai in 2005 monsoons and tries to recreate the horror that the deluge brought with it. The protagonists of the film, played by Emraan Hashmi and Soha Ali Khan, are stuck in the deluge, as has the whole of the city.

Through their eyes the film tries to convey what people might have gone through in those dark damp days when time ceased to move. It takes a satirical view on the administration and its preparation before monsoon.
Future Works took the opportunity to take the directors vision to another level and make each shot believable and visually appealing so that the audience indulge in the story. We caught up with the Future Works team, which talks about their challenges and experiences on working for the Tum Mile.

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Interview with Charles Darby – Sr. VFX Supervisor, Aladin.

Eyecube Creative Director Charles Darby gives us an insight of the most awaited and one of the biggest VFX Bollywood film - Aladin. CGTantra speaks to Charles about his experiences about pulling off a mammoth amount of 1600 VFX shots, the Characters and VFX Industry. We are thankful to Charles for taking time out for this interview and to Vamsi M. Ayyagari, Sr. Executive Producer for providing all the artworks for this article.

Charles Darby is one of the International visual effects wiz and has been associated with more than 45 films in the last 14 years. Darby’s work includes Academy and BAFTA award-winning work on films such as 'Titanic,' 'The Matrix', 'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon', 'The Fifth Element' and 'Minority Report'.

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