Mangalore, Mar 9: The movie 'Life of Pi' made is remarkably big at the Oscars this year. While Ang Lee may not get enough basking over the success, not many know that the film has a small connection to Dakshina Kannada.
The scroll of the film has our very own lad who worked as 'compositor' for the film. He is Avinash Bhandary of Kulalu in Kolnadu Gram Panchayat in Bantwal Taluk. Avinash is the grandson of Kulalu Annappa Bhandary, a Gandhian and a freedom fighter. He is the son of Ramdas Bhandary and Chakrakodi Vani Bhandary. Avinash has been working as a compositor over the last three years in 'Rhythm and hues', a Mumbai based company, which played a major role in making of the film.
One of the crew members who worked as the 'Compositor' for the film is Avinash Bhandary of Kulalu in Kolnadu village of Bantwal Taluk. Grandson of freedom fighter Kulalu Annappa Bhandary and son of Ramdas Bhandary and Chakrakodi Vani Bhandary, Mr. Avinash has been from the past three years, working as the 'Compositor' in Mumbai's Rhythm and Hues company, which was responsible for making this movie.
Mr. Avinash completed his schooling from Ramakrishna High School, Mangalore, pursued his college education from St Aloysius College, Mangalore, and later studied at the Nitte Engineering College. He then obtained a PG Diploma in Visual Effects and Animation from Chennai's I-CAT before joining Mumbai's Rhythm and Hues.
'Life of Pi' being a movie heavily built on visual effects, 75% of this movie's production has been animation based. The Stereo 3D tiger is one of the main highlights of the film.
Carrying out a two camera set-up shooting and combining images was a huge task. One year was spent merely on research. The production took two years. Studios in Los Angeles, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kualalampur, Vancouver and Taiwan were used for production. Every stage of the filmmaking was exciting, says Mr. Avinash.
Mr. Avinash apart, several other Kannadigas and youth from Tulunadu are working with Rhythm and Hues company. Mangalore's Christopher D'Souza, Kunal Prabhu, Vinod Gaithonde, Sonia D'Costa, Shashikiran Jeppu and Kasaragod's Ajay Ubrangala have also worked with the team which won the award.
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