Producers Xavier Yamamoto and Simon Barrionuevo have come aboard the animated feature “Neelu,” marking a significant milestone for director Saraswathi’s four-year passion project through an international co-production deal spanning Spain, France and Belgium.
Nitesh Tiwari said his upcoming “Ramayana,” described as India’s most expensive film, is being built to deliver a level of visual scale and craftsmanship that can stand alongside the world’s top VFX productions, telling a WAVES Film Bazaar audience that the epic demands “something visually so stunning that it becomes a benchmark for the whole world.”
At the International Film Festival of India, Oscar-winning special effects supervisor Chris Corbould pulled back the curtain on four decades of big-screen engineering — from tank chases and truck flips to collapsing houses and controlled explosions — insisting that the emotional power of spectacle still hinges on what can be achieved physically, not digitally.
Life and VFX aren’t just partners — they’re cosmic co-conspirators. One frames reality, the other bends it. Together they turn imagination into pure widescreen wonder. And, the man who dances effortlessly between these two worlds, VFX alchemist Pete Draper, lit up IFFI 2025 with his electrifying masterclass on ‘The Complete VFX Production Magnanimity’.
Hungama OTT has strengthened its position in 2025 as one of the fastest-growing Hindi-speaking entertainment platforms, unveiling a slate packed with thrillers, crime dramas, psychological stories and bold, original narratives.
Earlier this month, the IT Ministry notified the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules (DPDP Rules, 2025) and, with them, operationalised parts of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP Act, 2023).
Mahavatar Narsimha’ is directed by Ashwin Kumar and produced by Kleem Productions
The updated Rules aim to bridge existing regulatory gaps and strengthen cyber resilience through collaborative mechanisms with entities using telecom identifiers
Released this August, Lokah grossed Rs. 184 crore in domestic box office collections, while emerging as the first
Malayalam language film to cross the Rs. 300 crore mark globally.
The jury of the Indian Panorama Web Series (OTT) section at the 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, created to mirror India’s rapidly evolving and increasingly dynamic storytelling landscape, were of the opinion that streaming services were not only liberating stories from confines of formula, but were reshaping the creative realm