Eega 2012

Eega Interesting Facts 

Since the head of a housefly is made up almost entirely of eye and very little muscle, conveying emotion as the fly was extremely difficult. To overcome this, S.S. Rajamouli used body language - they made Nani cover his head completely in cloth and asked him to perform various emotions just through body language. This data was given to the animation team who then created all the movements and body language for the fly.

One of the films and the only Telugu film considered to be sent out as India's entry to the Oscar Academy Awards 2012 in the best foreign language film category, but lost out to Barfi! (2012).

10 days in, Rajamouli wanted to stop the production since the 'Eega' made by the VFX didn't impress him at all and he had second thoughts on the business the movie would have made. But since around 4-8 Crores were already spent, he decided to move forward and generate the 'Eega' from scratch.

The lead actors' real names were given to their characters also, e.g. actor Sudeep as multi-millionaire industrialist Sudeep, and actor Nani as fire-worker Nani.

The idea for Eega originated in the late 1990s in screenwriter K. V. Vijayendra Prasad's mind. At that time, he was joking about a housefly seeking revenge on a human in a conversation with his son S. S. Rajamouli.

Filmed simultaneously in two languages, Telugu and Tamil.

This movie was screened to critical acclaim at L'Étrange Film Festival. The film has garnered the Best Feature Film in Telugu and the Best Special Effects at the 60th National Film Awards, and also garnered awards for the Most Original Film, Best Special Effects, Best Comedy, Best Fights, Best Film to watch with a crowd, Best Editing, Best Villain and Best Hero (Fly) in the 8th Annual Edition Toronto After Dark Film Festival.

S.S. Rajamouli made Nani to cover his head completely in cloth and asked him to perform various emotions just through body language. This data was given to the animation team who then created all the movements and body language for the fly.

The movie was simultaneously made in Tamil under the title 'Naan Ee', with a dubbed Malayalam version titled 'Eecha'. After the movie emerged as a worldwide blockbuster, it was dubbed into Hindi as 'Makkhi'. After being dubbed in Thai, a Chinese dub titled "Kung Fu Housefly" was also reported to have been planned as of June 2013.

This was one of the first times in the history of Indian cinema that Live action animation and Visual effects were used to this extent. They were supervised by Rahul Venugopal, Adel Adili and Pete Draper of Makuta effects.

This was one of the first times in the history of Indian cinema that Live Action Animation and Visual effects were used to this extent. They were supervised by Rahul Venugopal, Adel Adili and Pete Draper of Makuta effects.

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