Namit Malhotra, the CEO of London-headquartered visible results (VFX) main DNEG, believes the world of cinema has been divided into earlier than and after Dune, the Hollywood thriller which bagged his firm an Oscar.
The movie, which gained DNEG its seventh Oscar within the Best Visual Effects class finally week’s ceremony in Los Angeles, was one in every of two movies within the race for the profitable VFX group. The James Bond box-office hit No Time To Die was additionally within the race in the identical class, a primary for a Bond movie in a few years.
“I have been talking about how there is a pre-Dune and a post-Dune world in the VFX space, simply because of what we were able to achieve,” Malhotra instructed PTI.
“I have never felt so strongly about the art form and the seamlessness of what we have been able to deliver, it is mind-blowing. When you watch Dune, you are left astonished by the sheer seamless, integrated experience it has to offer,” he stated. With reference to the opposite main success story of the yr, Malhotra confesses to being an avid James Bond fan himself since boyhood.
“For the first time, after four-five decades, we are seeing a James Bond film nominated for the VFX category at the Oscars. To get into the line to get the nomination is very, very hard. That is a big step forward,” stated the trade knowledgeable.
The son of movie producer Naresh Malhotra and grandson of cinematographer N M Malhotra, Namit represents the third era of a Bollywood filmmaking household. His dream of changing into a movie director took him in the direction of a pc graphics course and resulted in him recruiting three of his lecturers as co-founders of Video Workshop, an enhancing studio in his father’s storage in Mumbai.
From a merger together with his father’s movie gear enterprise to create Prime Focus after which buying UK-based Double Negative, the 45-year-old movie particular results pioneer views his journey to the awards purple carpet as an indication of India’s digital prowess.
“India’s digital prowess has been acknowledged far and beyond the projects that have been going on since over a decade. DNEG does help validate the creative talent pool and how technological advances can be used to create a collaborative effort while creating quality content on a global scale,” stated Malhotra.
“I started my professional career out of a garage in Mumbai back in 1995 when computers were not that advanced. From such humble beginnings to leading a global conglomerate, I am incredibly grateful to my father for his faith in me,” he stated.
Besides profitable Oscars for Inception in 2011, Interstellar in 2015 and Tenet in 2021 – all Christopher Nolan movies DNEG has bagged Academy Awards for – Ex Machina (2016), Blade Runner 2049 (2018), Fifth Man (2019) and now Dune to make up the corporate’s spectacular Hollywood tally.
“While we continue to push the creative envelope, there are a plethora of projects our teams are working on, closely with creators to bring an immersive cinematic experience for the audience which includes The Last Of Us, The Flash, Aquaman 2 and many more,” added Malhotra.
