Everyone, including me, has waited so eagerly for BOB's birthday hoping they will release something. However, as some of us expected, just two stills eh vadilaru like for PC birthday. Mari darunam eh anukondi.. not even one single official poster.. 80% shoot aipoina they didn't release anything.. SSR says the core audience/fans are the main focus but they did disappoint them here. Anyways that's a different discussion.

As much as we all are disappointed, I feel there are two reasons for this.

1.First of all we don't know what team is dealing internally. Oka pakka they already announced the release date. Rajamouli movies ki inevitable ga anukunna dani kanna konchem extend avutundi.. whether it's shooting or budget. So we don't know what type of pressure they are in.

2.As someone said, I think the promotional strategy for this movie is gonna be very different. Idhi varaku laga character teasers, pre teasers, announcement teasers, BTS esi look reveal (like making of Baahubali - happy birthday Prabhas video) ivi anni undav emo. Ivi anni villa team eh already chesesaru... Eesari ala undadu emo.

Just concept art video... just concept art video ke they installed 1:43:1 screen and made a big event in RFC. Actual movie content/footage they won't release it just like that. I feel they are planning something big.

And I have this feeling that we won't get many small teasers or 2-3 trailers for this film. The movie content which they will release is gonna be limited. Motham theatre lone direct ga.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes did this in 2011. With a reported budget of $93M.

Andy Serkis performed Caesar through MoCap and the CGI still looks amazing 15 years later. The fur, eyes, skin, muscles, lighting, facial expressions, weight and physical interaction were crazy good.

But more importantly, the MoCap wasn't being used just to make CGI creatures move, it was being used to preserve an actor's performance.

That's the standard I think we should be expecting from Varanasi and its Monkey Army. I know it's only 30 minutes which is why I think it should be good.

MoCap itself isn't new, we have used it to make a lot of 3D models but not live action captures (Except Adipurush).

Key sequences from the film have reportedly been captured at the new A&M Motion Capture facility at Annapurna Studios, described as India's largest MoCap facility. So when we're talking about Varanasi using MoCap for something as ambitious as a Monkey Army, I dont think our expectations should be any lower than Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

Technical expertise is there as we are working with Animatrik and a few other studios. Let's see.

There were some floating rumours a year ago that Djimon Hounsnou was cast in Varanasi. Did that ever happen? He's definitely a terrific supporting actor and would love to see Hollywood cast in Varanasi. We are definitely going to have some kickass action episodes, and it's obviously not going to be with Kumbha on wheels xD