Actor Chetan Hansraj offered a glimpse into the extensive creative work behind the making of the upcoming epic “Ramayana: Part 1” and revealed that it took four hours of daily work to sculpt the look of his character Raja Mali.

Chetan took to Instagram, where he also praised action director and movement expert Terry Notary, stunt coordinator Ian Van Temperley and animation supervisor Andrew Doucette for their contributions to the film, which he described as a historic cinematic undertaking.

Taking to the caption, Chetan spoke about the “architects of the epic.”

“The visual madness you are all seeing on the big screen doesn’t happen in isolation. It takes a village of absolute masterminds to build a cinematic universe of this scale. Massive respect to our visionary director @niteshtiwari22 for steering this colossal Rs. 1,500 crore ship and trusting me to anchor the opening sequence,” Chetan wrote in the caption.

He went on add: “Before I even stepped onto the Volume, the brilliant Virginia Holmes @virgholmes and her team spent 4 grueling hours every day meticulously sculpting the ancient, brutal visage of Raja Mali onto my face.”

Then came the physical execution, he mentioned.

“An incredible honor working alongside the legend Terry Notary @terrynotary(Action Director , Motion Capture & Movement Director). We spent hours breaking down the exact physics and psychology of a demon king so that every single movement felt lethal.”

“Huge props to Ian Van Temperley @stuntalliancegroup and his stunt team for curating those absolutely insane action sequences, ensuring every swing of the axe was merciless.”

Chetan concluded: “And a massive shoutout to Andrew Doucette (Animation Supervisor) for taking all that raw performance capture data and translating it into the most groundbreaking VFX Indian cinema has ever seen. The blood, sweat, and scale of this film is historic. Thank you for the massive love on the recent posts!”

Ramayana: Part 1 directed by Nitesh Tiwari. The film is based on the Hindu epic Ramayana by Valmiki. It is the first of a two-part film, with Part 1 being based on the first three kāṇḍa (chapters) of Ramayana which chronicles the life of Prince Rama from childhood up to his adventurous 14-year exile.

Bollywood superstar Ranbir Kapoor revealed that megastar Amitabh Bachchan has a private recording studio at home, where the veteran actor records raps and bhajans through the night but never releases them.

Ranbir made the revelation while talking about Amitabh’s passion for music and his lesser-known side, while appearing on the quiz reality show, Kaun Banega Crorepati.

Ranbir said Amitabh Bachchan continues to experiment with music and records songs at his home studio, even though he does not put them out for the public.

“Bachchan sahab ke ghar mein ek recording studio hai. Woh raat-raat bhar rap aur bhajan record karte hain, lekin kabhi release nahi karte.” (Amitabh Bachchan has a recording studio at home. He records raps and bhajans all night, but never releases them)

Responding to Ranbir’s observation, Amitabh Bachchan jokingly spoke about the quality of the recordings and the magic of modern music technology.

The megastar said referring to pitch-correction technology that, “Par woh gaane layak ho toh na… ek woh yantra sa aata hai na jisme idhar se gaana gao besura, udhar sur mein nikalta hai..” (But only if those songs are worth listening to! There’s this device, you know, where you sing off-key on one end, and it comes out perfectly in tune on the other)

The revelation offers a glimpse into Amitabh’s continued association with music. The actor has himself sung many songs during his career, beginning with ‘Mere Paas Aao’ from ‘Mr Natwarlal’ in 1979.

He went on to lend his voice to a lot many memorable tracks, including ‘Rang Barse’ and ‘Neela Aasman So Gaya’ from ‘Silsila’, ‘Mere Angne Mein’ from ‘Laawaris’, ‘Jahan Chaar Yaar’ from ‘Sharaabi’, ‘Main Yahan Tu Wahan’ from ‘Baghban’, ‘Ekla Cholo Re’ from ‘Kahaani’ and ‘Piddly Si Baatein’ from ‘Shamitabh’.

Amitabh has also sung for films in later years, including ‘Hori Khele Raghuveera’ from ‘Baghban’ and ‘Rozana Jiye’ from ‘Nishabd’.

A lot many songs picturised on Amitabh Bachchan have also been sung by playback singer Sudesh Bhosle, whose voice became closely associated with the actor.

Mumbai : Filmmaker Subhash Ghai recalled music maestro A R Rahman’s contribution to the Indian music industry and shared how he transformed Mumbai’s music culture with films such as ‘Lagaan’ and ‘Rang De Basanti.’ Taking to Instagram, the ‘Taal’ hit-maker shared a heartfelt note about the composer, describing him as a “blessed talent.” He also recalled how he first approached him for his 1999 film ‘Taal’. Recounting his initial hesitation, Ghai said he was nervous about offering Rahman the project because the composer was not very familiar with Hindi lyrics or Hindi films at the time. However, his concerns eased when Rahman told him that he used to play the hero flute. Sharing how he eventually embraced Rahman’s distinctive musical style, he recalled their association with ‘Taal’ and praised the composer’s ability to adapt to different musical influences.

Posting their picture, Subhash wrote “A blessed talent from our universe. A R RAHMAN. . WHY ? I was really nervous when I offered him my film TAAL to him as he cud hardly knew Hindi lyrics n not too close to Hindi films till he told me that he used to play Hero flute. I was relaxed. N entered into his style of music. N u know TAAL till now.” (sic) “He changed the music culture in mumbai with lagaan n rang de Basanti or rockstar He won oscar for Hindi song Jai Ho He can learn n turn into any sound of any land n culture in to music He responds to every kind of film n director anywhere. So ARR is a blessed n will go on giving surprises to music lovers n will live for a long. My all blessings to his talent n happiness always,” he added. ,Subhash Ghai and A R Rahman have collaborated on three feature films: ‘Taal’ (1999), ‘Kisna: The Warrior Poet’ (2005) and ‘Yuvvraaj’ (2008). Their association began with ‘Taal’, starring Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Akshaye Khanna, which became widely remembered for its music.