Prasad Sutar is an Indian visual effects designer, coordinator and director, known for providing visual effects for Bollywood films Bajirao Mastani (2015), Dangal (2016), Jagga Jasoos (2017) and Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior on Filmfare Awards (2021). He is the co-founder of NY VFXWAALA, the flagship company of Ajay Devgn Films.
Wiki/Biography
Prasad Vasant Sutar was born on March 28 and hails from Kalyan, Maharashtra. He studied at Sri Vani Vidyashala High School in Kalyan. His zodiac sign is Aries. Sutar has been fond of painting since childhood. After completing his studies, he pursued a commerce course at Nagpur University (now Rashtra Sant Tulkar Dorji Maharaj Nagpur University). Later, he took a DTP course to learn design, starting with page production. Soon, he started working with CMM Studios and eventually learned about visual effects.
Photos of Prasad Sutar in early adulthood
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 9″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
His sister’s name is Krishna Dharmadhikari.
Prasad Sutar with wife and parents
Prasad Sutar with his sister and parents
Prasad Sutar and his sister Krishna Damadhikari
wife and children
On January 3, 2005, Prasad Sutar married Gauri Prasad and they have a son named Vitthal.
Prasad Sutar with wife and son
religion
He believes in Hinduism.
Prasad Sutar’s Instagram posts about his religious beliefs
Profession
Movie
In January 1997, he began working at CMM Studios as a Digital Artist/Visual Effects Supervisor. He made his foray into Bollywood with the Aamir Khan-starrer film Ghulam (1998), in which he was part of the digital effects team. He initially worked as a CGI animator, then as a digital compositor and visual effects supervisor, and finally as head of the visual effects department. He has since worked as a digital compositor on several Bollywood films such as Mann (1999), Arjun Pandit (1999), Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega… (2000) and Awara Paagal Deewana (2002). He has worked as visual effects supervisor on several Bollywood films such as Hera Pheri (2000), Jajantaram Mamattaram (2003), Dhoom (2004), Krrish (2006), Prince (2010), Delhi Belly (2011) and 2 States (2014) ). He was nominated for the Zee Cine Award for Best Visual Effects for the film Alag (2006). After working with studios such as Maya Entertainment, EFX, PIXION and Reliance MediaWorks throughout his career, he co-founded NY VFXWAALA in 2015 with VFX Supervisors Naveen Paul and Ajay Devgn Films. At NY VFXWAALA, Prasad Sutar was responsible for the visual effects department of several popular Bollywood movies such as Drishyam (2015), Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015), Tamasha (2015), Bajirao Mastani (2015), Dilwala (2017), Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior(2021).
Film director Om Raut, actors Ajay Devgn and Prasad Sutar
In 2016, he was nominated for the FOI Online Award in the Best Special Effects category for the movie “Dangal”. Another prominent project of NY VFXWAALA includes the 2016 film Shivaay, which won 24 FPS Award, 23rd Star Screen Award, Zine Cine Award and Indywood Excellence Award. In just three years, NY VFXWAALA has won 14 visual effects awards, including the 64th National Award for the film Shivaay (2016) and the prestigious Asian Film Awards (AFA) for Bajirao Mastani, becoming the first An Indian VFX company that won the award is Alfa.
Prasad Sutar and Naveen Paul on CEO Magazine 2019 Cover
NY VFXWAALA won 24 FPS Award, Indywood Excellence Award and Power Brands Bollywood Film Journalist Award for Padmaavat (2018).
Prasad Sutar poses with the New York VFXWAALA team for their 24 FPS award for Padmaavat (2018)
Later, NY VFXWAALA entered the field of digital intermediate film, named NY DI-WAALA. NY VFXWAALA provides a range of services including post-production, VFX, DI, animation, lidar set scanning and more. NY VFXWAALA is also one of the few studios in India using lidar technology. He is the Visual Effects Creative Director on the Indian supernatural crime thriller web series The Last Hour (2021).
dispute
Adipurush slammed for bad visuals
After the trailer of Adipurush was released in October 2022, Sutar received a lot of criticism for the poor visual effects of the film Adipurush. Meanwhile, the producers and actors of the epic mythological film have also been charged for hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus. Following the backlash, the film’s producers issued a statement on Twitter delaying the film’s release. Film director Om Raut wrote:
In order to bring a complete visual experience to the audience, we need to give the film team more time. “Adipurush” is now released on June 16, 2023. We are committed to making a film that India will be proud of. Your support, love and blessings are the driving force for us to move forward.”
Six months later, a new trailer was released and the internet was once again flooded with memes and feedback. People compared the images from the old trailer to those from the new trailer and concluded that there wasn’t much of an improvement.
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- Hindustan Ki Kasam won the Zee Cine Award for Best Visual Effects (2000)
- Jajantaram Mamattaram won the Seagate Award for Best Visual Effects (2003)
- Bajirao Mastani won the Asian Film Awards (AFA) Best Visual Effects Award (2016)
- International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Best Special Effects Award Bajirao Mastani (2016)
Prasad Sutar wins the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Award for Best Special Effects for Bajirao Mastani (2016)
- Bajirao Mastani wins Screen Award for Best Special Effects (2016)
- Bajirao Mastani wins Zee Cine Award for Best Special Effects (2016)
- Jagga Jasoos wins Best Post-Production Award at Zee Cine Awards (2018)
- International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Best Visual Effects Award Jagga Jasoos (2018)
Prasad Sutar wins the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Award for Best Visual Effects for Jagga Jasoos (2018)
- Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior wins Filmfare Award for Best Visual Effects (2021)
car collection
He owns a Toyota Fortuner.
Prasad Sutar with his Toyota Fortuner
Facts/Trivia
- He calls himself Prasad Geeta Sutar on Instagram.
- Prasad Sutar loves to play cricket and he played for Mumbai Under-17 team back in 1989 along with Sachin Tendulkar.
Prasad Sutar and Sachin Tendulkar as members of the Mumbai Under-17 team in 1989
- Prasad Sutar occasionally drinks alcoholic beverages.
- He is a smoker.
Snippet of Prasad Sutar’s Instagram post about his smoking habit
- He has a tattoo of Roman numerals on his left arm.
Roman numeral tattoo by Prasad Sutar
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