This is how visual effects change Salman Khan ’s body on the screen

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan is more than a brand name in the B-Town that ends up any movie with a success note on box office. And needless to mention his physique that immediately catches gaze of viewers.

The highlight of any Salman Khan film is definitely the moment when he takes his shirt off to flaunt his six-eight 12-pack abs. Boys across the country are pumping iron in the hope of getting a body like his.

Some time ago a video was uploaded suggesting that the actor’s much-coveted pack was in fact computer generated, not surprisingly, it went viral. Buzz is, it was leaked from Tata Elixes, the company who had ‘corrected’ the flaw in Salman’s shirtless scene in ‘Ek Tha Tiger’.

Apparently a disgruntled employee, who had recently got pink-slipped from the company, uploaded the ‘grudge’ video.

A report said “Salman was shocked that the film’s director, Kabir Khan, had edited out his shirtless shot. The actor called up the producer and said that if it wasn’t incorporated, his fans would be disappointed and Brand Salman would take a beating. And that was the reason why the computer graphics came into play.”

Merzin Tavaria, the VFX director of Prime Focus which also specialises in computer generated special effects, points out that today several Bollywood films revolve around superheroes and their death-defying stunts. “While earlier this technology was only used in Hollywood films, today there is immense scope for it in Hindi cinema as well,” he asserts.

Ketan Mehta, owner of Maya Digital Studio, admits that he has never got so much work in his life. “Today, we can do anything, we can remove wrinkles, eye bags, blackheads. We can make a fat man look slim and vice-versa. Do you know that the costume which you saw SRK wearing in RA was not the one which he shot in? The one he shot in was not as attractive,” says Mehta.

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