With its worldwide gross income breaching the R150 crore mark, Prasanth Varma’s mythological superhero film Hanu-Man (Telugu), starring Teja Sajja, Amritha Iyer and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, has proved to be a dark horse. The director, who mounted the production on a limited budget of R40 crores, vouches for the power of VFX when highlighting how technology enhanced it.

“We used VFX only when it was required to elevate the experience, because the focus was on evoking the right emotions. We planned the shoot such that the film appeared to be driven by VFX, even though that’s not the case,” says Varma, further addressing speculation on whether Chiranjeevi played a cameo as Hanuman in the movie. “I couldn’t find the courage to ask Chiru sir to do so. Hence, I used VFX. I have modelled the eyes of Hanuman ji on Chiru sir’s face.”