Cinema has never felt this real and India's waking up to the magic of it. Sunday MiD DAY takes a close look at the fuzzy logic of 3D films

Close your eyes or you may be assaulted by a hurtling screw, a flying human tooth or a splash of blood. Leave them open and you'll end up buoyed by the feeling of a house floating on hundreds of colourful balloons. 3D technology is revolutionising movie-watching the world over, but Indian cinemas and audiences are waking up to the magic of it, bit by bit.u00a0

This week, Disney's Up releases in 3D screens as well as 2D, but it already got a celebrated bunch of eyeballs when it became the first 3D animation film to premiere at Cannes this year. This meant that a theatre-full of critics solemnly put on thick black spectacles and leaned back to drink in old man Carl Fredrickson's wonderful, soaring adventure.