India, July 23 -- If you pay close attention to the end credits of most Hollywood films, the visual effects and animation sections especially, a lot of the names one sees will be Indian. Even though Hollywood studios often outsource chunks of work to studios in India, animation and visual effects in Indian cinema is nowhere near the quality one sees in a major English film.

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And that, says filmmaker Ashwin Kumar, who is preparing to release his animated film Mahavatar Narsimha, on July 25, 2025 in Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi, is because unlike Hollywood studios that drop big money and time on their projects, it is not easy to convince a producer in I...