Abhishek Bachchan DEFENDS Raja Shivaji VFX Chatter Amid Online Criticism; Says, “We Love To Judge”

Abhishek Bachchan compares the VFX-heavy films of India and Hollywood, highlighting that studios in the West invest around Rs 5000 crore in VFX work, while Indian films often face budget and time constraints. Riteish Deshmukh’s Raja Shivaji has, reportedly, become the fourth Marathi film to cross the Rs 60 crore mark after Sairat, Ved, and Baipan Bhari Deva. While the film is praised for its scale and grandeur, its trailer received mixed reactions regarding its VFX quality. Reacting to this, Abhishek Bachchan, who portrays Sambhaji Shahaji Bhosale in the film, explains that budget often acts as a deterrent.

Abhishek Bachchan DEFENDS Raja Shivaji VFX Chatter

In an interview with News18, he said, “Maybe the common man doesn’t know but VFX is a very fine art but it’s a rain card. The more time you give it, the better it’s going to look. The more money you can pile into your VFX, the better the quality. People have to understand that at the end of the day, Riteish and Genelia (Deshmukh) have made a Marathi film within a very tight budget.”

He also elaborated, “Your studios may say that we aren’t going to give you a thousand crore to make this film because the market is such. But a film that has a budget of Rs 1000 crore for VFX as opposed to a film that has a much smaller budget will look different. That’s just the way it works. We love to judge but we’ve to understand how the system works.”

He emphasizes that comparing Indian VFX to Hollywood’s is futile. “People love to compare a lot of our VFX work with what’s happening in Hollywood. They’ve budgets. Just to give you scale, they probably end up spending over Rs 5000 crore just on VFX, let alone the budget of the film. We can’t compete with that. That’s not our market,” he remarks.

Abhishek On Time Constraints

According to him, time constraints also play a significant role. “We probably work here at one percent of that at best for our VFX. It’s all about how much money you can put in. After a point of time, Riteish had to take a call as a producer and more importantly as a director how much time could he give it. If you give us ten years, we’ll give you a brilliant product but we don’t have that much time,” he explains.

He further states, “Those ten years will also cost a lot of money. But can a film afford it? You don’t want to burden a film in that way. Had Riteish had the liberty to go and spend a thousand crore on VFX, it would be a long road. You’ve to understand that checks and balances always happen.”

AB Acknowledges Criticism

Despite acknowledging the criticisms, Abhishek praises Riteish’s vision and storytelling. “At the end of the day, it’s about telling a story and this film is an emotional story. All of this will get forgotten but when we talk about it, we’ve to understand if the film could’ve afforded it. We’ve to ask if they’ve managed to achieve what they had set out for and if they’ve conveyed the story, and the answer is yes,” he concludes.

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