First things first I am a Big Bollywood fanatic, I love the song and dance too. And when I say Bollywood I want to make sure that these are the movies from Bombay (now Mumbai). For most of those who did not know there are so many different sources of movies in India, Just check out the Wikipedia for these different movie sources from India, Assamese cinema, Bengali cinema, Bhojpuri cinema, Hindi cinema, Kannada cinema, Malayalam cinema, Marathi cinema, Oriya cinema, Punjabi cinema, Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema. Most people in the west just classify Indian cinema as Bollywood, just like languages in India as Indian (to be read : “Say something in Indian“). Since I like to keep around the technology aspect on this blog, this post is dedicated to the art of special effects in movies that are well by the looks of things getting worse.

First things first the list of the worst special effects in movies, then we will look at whats going on in the Industry today:

10 : Unstoppable – Akshay Kumar

9 : Crazy Kicks

8 : Rajani

This list can never e complete without the antics of Rajanikanth.

7 : Smoking style by Rajnikanth

6 : Fight Scene

5 : Matrix revolutions in India

4 : Indian Superman

3 : Better than the wild west

2 : Rescue to the rescue

1 : Best Horse in the world

Most of these have been compiled from shares on Facebook on my profile. But I did add a few from YouTube as well. Anyway, one of the biggest things that the above list will show you is the special effects, or rather the lack of it. Although being one of the largest Movie Industry in the world (bigger than Hollywood) we don’t seem to have a good section of Special effects for movies. Is it because we are not capable ? I dont think so, the imagination and creativity shown in the above clips proves so, albeit sloppy.

There is no market ? Well I hate to disagree, Kkrish and Koi Mil Gaya and other movies in India prove that this is not really true. If yes what is stopping it back ? I have news for you, Oscar shortlisted Hollywood film ‘Alpha and Omega’, which was animated by the Mumbai based Crest Animation Studios, is one of the best examples of the trend of 3D entering into India in a big way. The film is the first international 3D animation film, produced in India and it’s success is a good sign for things to come, says Crest CEO A K Madhavan.

“With ‘Alpha and Omega’ a Indian animation house released a global movie in 2600 theatres in the US and grossed 250 crores in box office collection. It is a sign of the good things to come,” Madhavan told PTI. James Cameron, the Hollywood filmmaker who helmed blockbusters like ‘Titanic’ and ‘Avatar’ also seconds India’s chances. Lets hope we don’t miss these above Jems of the Indian Movie Industry.