The experts who worked on M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, based on the life of cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni, say it was difficult to recreate footage from his milestone matches.
Prime Focus did the Digital Intermediate (DI) work for the biopic, which features actor Sushant Singh Rajput playing the title role.
“The film is rooted in real-world events, so all our efforts were focused on creating visuals that complement the storyline and the creative vision of the director whilst simultaneously creating credibility and authenticity,” Niraj Sanghai, vice-president, film sales (India) Prime Focus, said in a statement.
“One of the main challenges for the Prime Focus team was recreating footage of Dhoni playing for the Indian cricket team in milestone matches [and] seamlessly inserting actor Sushant Singh Rajput into the scenes to ensure the continuity of the narrative.
“It was very important for the team to understand these sensitivities and deliver the sequences accordingly, and I’m very proud of the work we contributed for this film,” Sanghai added.
The creative team at Prime Focus also needed to find ways to convincingly age Dhoni from a school boy to the Indian cricket captain. They used the same techniques employed to create the younger version of character Steve Rogers in Hollywood film Captain America: The First Avenger.
