Prime Focus- Leading In The VFX World, Munjya Serves As Another Iconic Addition

Munjya, a recently released film starring Abhay Verma, Sharvari Wagh and Mona Singh and directed by Aditya Sarpotdar is a horror comedy. This movie perfectly balances the genres of horror and comedy unlike many other Bollywood films. The beautiful landscape and the background score add to the emotions the film is trying to portray.  

The main plotline of the film, revolves around the ghostlike creature called the Munjya. The munjya is actually based on a Maharashtrian folklore, and the ‘poltergeist’ is created by CGI. Prime Focus Group has once again taken audiences to a different world with their mastery of VFX in Munjya. It took more than a year to create the eerie and mischievous protagonist from scratch using cutting-edge computer-generated imagery (CGI) for Munjya. The character somewhat reminds you of Gollum from the Lord of the Rings, one of the best animated characters.

The character was something that was never seen before in mainstream media and so creating it from the scratch was definitely a challenge, but Prime Focus does a great job at making a scary, supernatural and sinister character. The CGI adds more effect to the film, making it scarier. Before this we have not seen many CGI or animated characters in Bollywood films, so this venture by the makers really captivated the audiences. The film was appreciated by the audiences for trying out something new in Bollywood and we are looking forward to having more CGI and animated characters in Bollywood.

About Prime Focus:

In 2014 Prime Focus merged with Academy Award winning company DNEG, one of the world’s foremost providers of visual effects (VFX); and Reliance Media Works merged their global film and media services business with Prime Focus Limited. DNEG has won six Academy Awards for its VFX work in recent years – for TENET, First Man, Blade Runner 2049, Ex Machina, Interstellar and Inception.