Shah Rukh Khan’s Diwali offering Ra.One just got bigger—"The complete film will be in 3D"

Shah Rukh Khan’s Diwali offering Ra.One just got bigger—"The complete film will be in 3D"

Shah Rukh Khan’s Diwali offering Ra.One just got bigger—the complete film will be in 3D, taking the nascent Indian superhero a step further.Considering it will be out in theatres this October, the film will beat Krissh 2, the only other Indian superhero, in the 3D race. The decision to turn the film into 3D was taken recently and in fact, certain sequences were shot in July 2011 to add to the experience. Among them is a scene wherein Khan, astride a futuristic bike designed by Sabu Cyril, takes a leap from the moon to the surface of the earth and lands in a jungle in China!

The actor, despite his knee injury insisted on performing the stunt—-a somersault in complete superhero regalia, cape et al —from the bike tipping down and was not satisfied till the scene was just right!

IMAX Corporation, the company that owns the IMAX projection format for films, had also approached the superstar for lending its technology to Ra.One but could not be incorporated as the time required to convert it in the IMAX format would be far more than their release schedule permits.

The work on the film is on at breakneck speed with 12,000 people working nearly 24 hours on the VFX in India. Among other special features of the film is that the actor’s face and hands as G.One have been rendered an almost plastic smooth finish as opposed to the removal of lines and wrinkles as is common in films. The process which has been used in Hollywood films is time-taking but was used here to differentiate between humans and the gaming characters.

Yet another interesting feature, perhaps a first for Hindi films, would be the song-and- dance routine in 3D, to which Khan and director Anubhav Sinha are quite looking forward. Among other things, Ra.One will roll out a whole lot of merchandise and of course, games in the lead-up to the release. In a bid to create a world- class superhero film from India, Khan as a producer has been generous and painstakingly meticulous over details. Minute matters such as the skin texture of the gaming characters, the visual quality of electrical fire as different from an ordinary fire and the detailing of superhero suit have all been paid attention. The bodysuit, which according to Khan didn’t look impressive, had to be improved upon with VFX for it be visually impressive. Citing an example of the high standards maintained in Hollywood, he narrated an incident wherein a senior DOP refused a comic film because he didn’t have comedy-appropriate lenses. “This was a 64 year old guy who was prepared to learn the whole process of shooting a comedy film! We don’t have that culture—the yearning for learning,” said Khan, who hopes that his film will be the best even by world standards.

Source: Indian Express http://bit.ly/r3QfOv