Indian technical expertise in film making attracts Hollywood
Monday,
November
27,
2006
Panaji,
Nov
27
(UNI)
Hollywood
has
developed
an
attraction
for
India
--for
its
low
cost
technical
expertise--
in
making
films.
Film labs in Hyderabad last year did the computer graphics (CG) of Hollywood blockbuster Click.
Now
producers
of
two
more
films
Lord
of
the
Rings
and
Alchemist
have
approached
labs
in
the
south
for
CG
of
these
films,
President
South
Indian
Film
Exporters
Asociation
L
Suresh
said.
He
was
speaking
at
seminar
on
the
South
Indian
Film
Industry
organised
by
the
CII
at
the
International
Film
Festival
of
India
here.
Mr Suresh said the reason for the atraction of Hollywod producers to Indian labs was the cheap cost of the work without any compromise on quality.
''Today South India boasts of the best technicians in the country. Their work is at par with Hollywood and or European country,'' he said.
It can be safely said that 50 per cent of the best technicians come from the south today, he added.
''It is now very heartening that we are being approached by Hollywood for our quality of work,'' he said.
He, however, expressed fears over the screening of Hollywood blockbusters dubbed in languages like Telugu and Hindi, as according to him, it would result in great loss to distributers and producers.
''It might be good for theatre owners, but it destroys the distributers,'' he said.
Mr Suresh gave the example of James Bond super hit Casino Royale whose around 70 dubbed copies have been released in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, elimnating the space in the theatres for regional films.
However, Mr PK Nair, former curator of the National Film Archives of India said the fears of Hollywood taking upon Indian cinema may be unfounded as the indigenous cinema has its own place and attraction.
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