Leading Tamil actor Sivakarthikeyan's latest film, Ayalaan, directed by R. Ravikumar and featuring music composed by Academy Award winner A. R. Rahman is the talk of the town and is being showered with praises across all quarters. Among the many aspects in the big-budget science-fiction Tamil entertainer that have received a nod of appreciation is the visual effects (VFX), with many declaring it to be along the range of Hollywood films. That being said, there have been some who have drawn a comparison of Ayalaan with the cult classic Hollywood blockbuster E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) directed by legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg, which has now been addressed by the VFX supervisor of the Sivakarthikeyan-starrer, Bejoy Arputharaj, CEO, Phantom-FX.
Speaking to Galatta about the Ayalaan and ET comparison, Bejoy said, "There's always an inspiration for any creation. There's nothing wrong with inspiration. It's only wrong when it is copied. Another thing is that everyone compares us to Hollywood when we're trying something. I feel that's a wrong thing. If someone says that our work doesn't have the same quality as that of a Hollywood film, it will definitely not."
Bejoy Arputharaj further explained, "The reason is because the money they invest to achieve that level of quality is so much more, the time that they spend is a lot, and they have been doing this for more than 40-50 years. They have that experience on their side. Initially, they too didn't reach where they are today thirty years back. If you watch their films back then, their quality was not up to the mark than it is now, and they have grown since then. We're getting that opportunity late. Without thinking that the quality of our work isn't on the level of Hollywood films, we need to think whether our films are entertaining and we too will achieve the same status."
Watch Bejoy Arputharaj explain the VFX process in Ayalaan in the video below:
