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The mythological thriller ‘Mahakumbh’ on Life OK stands apart for a number of reasons. TVP unveils the story of how the small seed of this show was sown and nurtured into something big over a period of two and a half years.
The phenomenon of Mahakumbh has fascinated people for years.
For example, director Arvind Babbal has long been curious to know the history of the mela (fair) and why people gather there every 12 years in such large numbers. “The basic premise is that people go there to wash away their sins in the holy river Ganga.
But what burden do the pilgrims carry and how do they atone for their sins?” Babbal says. With the skeletal concept in mind, Babbal first met Star Plus GM Gaurav Banerjee and was later introduced to former Life OK EVP Ajit Thakur and content head Aniruddh Pathak. Aiming to build a new approach for the channel after having done ‘Mahadev’, Pathak and Babbal put a lot of research and effort into the writing.
The Garuda Purana gave the team a different approach to the concept. Pathak began writing some parts of the story and went on to write seven chapters that later made up the screenplay.
The show took about two and a half years to make. “Some elements in the story are fictitious.
Amrit Manthan is very closely related to the Mahakumbh and a lot has been written about it and the history of the Mahakumbh.
We have tried to capture what happens in those 50–55 days of the Mahakumbh.
For the fictitious parts, we did a lot of research so that they do not look completely out of tune with the mythology,” Babbal states. To capture real footage, Babbal visited the 2013 Mahakumbh in Allahabad.
The team shot there for 10 days with 8–10 cameras. “For the scenes that we shoot in chroma now, we use that footage in the backdrop. The use of 2D does not impart realism.
For our show, a full 3D background has been used. Hence, if you can see a tent behind, you also see people walking inside those tents. On the contrary, in 2D you just get a static background,” Babbal explains.
Not being a VFX expert, Babbal sat for one week to learn and understand how CG works. Presently, there are 30 people in the CG team working day and night for the show.
The director says that the folks have captured and prepared each background according to the eye level.
Read more at:
http://www.televisionpost.com/special-reports/the-making-of-mahakumbh/
The phenomenon of Mahakumbh has fascinated people for years.
For example, director Arvind Babbal has long been curious to know the history of the mela (fair) and why people gather there every 12 years in such large numbers. “The basic premise is that people go there to wash away their sins in the holy river Ganga.
But what burden do the pilgrims carry and how do they atone for their sins?” Babbal says. With the skeletal concept in mind, Babbal first met Star Plus GM Gaurav Banerjee and was later introduced to former Life OK EVP Ajit Thakur and content head Aniruddh Pathak. Aiming to build a new approach for the channel after having done ‘Mahadev’, Pathak and Babbal put a lot of research and effort into the writing.
The Garuda Purana gave the team a different approach to the concept. Pathak began writing some parts of the story and went on to write seven chapters that later made up the screenplay.
The show took about two and a half years to make. “Some elements in the story are fictitious.
Amrit Manthan is very closely related to the Mahakumbh and a lot has been written about it and the history of the Mahakumbh.
We have tried to capture what happens in those 50–55 days of the Mahakumbh.
For the fictitious parts, we did a lot of research so that they do not look completely out of tune with the mythology,” Babbal states. To capture real footage, Babbal visited the 2013 Mahakumbh in Allahabad.
The team shot there for 10 days with 8–10 cameras. “For the scenes that we shoot in chroma now, we use that footage in the backdrop. The use of 2D does not impart realism.
For our show, a full 3D background has been used. Hence, if you can see a tent behind, you also see people walking inside those tents. On the contrary, in 2D you just get a static background,” Babbal explains.
Not being a VFX expert, Babbal sat for one week to learn and understand how CG works. Presently, there are 30 people in the CG team working day and night for the show.
The director says that the folks have captured and prepared each background according to the eye level.
Read more at:
http://www.televisionpost.com/special-reports/the-making-of-mahakumbh/
