Makuta VFX

Makuta VFX

Company type	Private
Industry	Visual Effects, CGI animation, Entertainment
Founded	Hyderabad, India in 2010
Founders	Adel Adili Pete Draper R. C. Kamalakannan
Headquarters	Santa Clara, California
Key people	Dasaradha Gude Raja Koduri [1] Adel Adili Pete Draper
Parent	Makuta Inc.
Website	http://www.makutavfx.com

Makuta is an Indian visual effects and animation company based in Santa Clara, CA with branches in Hyderabad, India and Universal City, CA. The company received the prestigious National Film Award for Best Special Effects, from the Indian government, in 2010 and 2012, for Magadheera and Eega , respectively. ^[2]

History

The company was founded by Pete Draper, Adel Adili, and R. C. Kamalakannan in 2010, off the success of their collaboration on Magadheera (2009), the trio brought in private investment and technical advisors from the entertainment and technology industries to their board of directors, such as Dasaradha Gude, Raja Koduri, and S. S. Rajamouli, along with long-time collaborator, A. V. Dorababu as studio lead. As per an agreement, Rajamouli exited from the board of directors after two calendar years, during the production of Eega and Kamalakannan personally exited in 2012. Draper, Adili, and Dorababu have been spearheading the studio's operations since.

Work

It is a fully-fledged visual effects facility covering a full gamut of requirements from active on-set visual effects supervision through to immersive digital set extension, digital matte painting, high-end feature animation and effects work, clean-up, motion tracking and final compositing. Makuta branched into LiDAR Scanning in 2013 and was the first visual effects studio in India to start offering this service with the use of Faro LiDAR scanning hardware. The studio has championed creative education in the country with its senior members providing student workshops and parental guidance. ^[3]

The company provided visual effects to some of the biggest blockbusters from Indian cinema, such as Baahubali: The Beginning , Baahubali 2: The Conclusion , 2.0 , Saaho , Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy , and RRR .

Filmography

* Denotes yet to be released

Year	Film	Production House	Language
2008	Ghajini	Geetha Arts	Hindi
2009	Magadheera		Telugu
2010	Maryada Ramanna	Arka Media Works
	Enthiran	Sun Pictures	Tamil
2011	7 Aum Arivu	Red Giant Movies
	Badrinath	Geetha Arts	Telugu
	Sri Rama Rajyam	Sri Sai Baba Movies
2012	Eega	Varahi Chalana Chitram	Telugu/Tamil
2014	1: Nenokkadine	14 Reels Entertainment	Telugu
	Hunting the Phantom	MG Production	English
	Manam	Annapurna Studios	Telugu
	Aagadu	14 Reels Entertainment
	Yamaleela 2	Krishvi Films
2015	Gopala Gopala	Suresh Productions
	I	Aascar Film	Tamil
	Baahubali: The Beginning	Arka Media Works	Telugu/Tamil
2016	Brahmotsavam	PVP Cinema	Telugu
	Nannaku Prematho	Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra
	Nagarahavu	Pen Movies	Kannada
	Theri	V. Creations	Tamil
2017	Legion	Marvel Television	English
	Baahubali: The Conclusion	Arka Media Works	Telugu/Tamil
	Spyder	NVR Cinema
2018	Genghis Khan	Soovi	Chinese
	Rangasthalam	Mythri Movie Makers	Telugu
	Naa Peru Surya	Ramalakshmi Cine Creations
	Kaala	Wunderbar Films	Tamil
	Savyasachi	Mythri Movie Makers	Telugu
	Saakshyam	Abhishek Pictures
	Taxiwaala	UV Creations
	Thugs of Hindostan	Yash Raj Films	Hindi
	2.0	Lyca Productions	Tamil
	Zero	Red Chillies Entertainment	Hindi
2019	Saaho	UV Creations	Telugu/Hindi
	Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy	Konidela Production Company	Telugu
	Mamangam	Kavya Film Company	Malayalam
2021	Pushpa: The Rise	Mythri Movie Makers	Telugu
2022	RRR	DVV Entertainments
	Radhe Shyam	UV Creations	Telugu/Hindi
	Sita Ramam	Vyjayanthi Movies	Telugu
	Cobra	7 Screen Studio	Tamil
	Godfather	Konidela Production Company	Telugu
2023	Varisu	7 Screen Studio	Tamil
	Shaakuntalam	Gunaa Teamworks	Telugu
	Agent	AK Entertainments
	Ponniyin Selvan: II	Lyca Productions	Tamil
	Leo	7 Screen Studio
	Jawan	Red Chillies Entertainment	Hindi
	Ahimsa	Anandi Art Creations	Telugu
	Mujib: The Making of a Nation	BFDC and NFDC	Bengali
2024	Pushpa: The Rule	Mythri Movie Makers	Telugu
2025	Coolie	Sun Pictures	Tamil
	Baahubali: The Epic	Arka Media Works	Telugu

Awards

Ceremony	Film	Nomiee	Result
63rd National Film Awards	Baahubali	Best Special Effects	Won
60th National Film Awards	Eega	Best Special Effects	Won
CineMAA Awards	Eega	Best Visual Effects	Won
60th Filmfare Awards	Eega	Best Visual Effects	Won
57th National Film Awards	Magadheera	Best Visual Effects	Won

References

1. Jain, Aashika (30 May 2018). "The Mastermind Behind The Visual Effects of Ghajini & Baahubali". Entrepreneur India. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
2. "MAGADHEERA Wins Big At National Awards and South Scope Cine Awards!". Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
3. "CTG 2.0 with Mr. Pete Draper | VFX Artist & Director -". www.chitkaraschool.in. Retrieved 7 July 2022.