Visual Computing Labs (VCL), the top Mumbai-based animation studio, rendered the visual effects for Jodha Akbar.

The film has more than 1,000 shots spread over 45 minutes of VFX work. Techniques ranging from rotoscopy, CGI, crowd duplication, animation, etc. were all used for the film.

If you’ve seen the movie, you will find it hard to believe that most of the soldiers, camels, elephants, horses, etc. used during the battle sequences were Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI). Many shots also required integration of such CGI animated characters with live actors. (Read up on CGI here).

VCL’s modellers and texture artists even recreated many of the forts and palaces seen in the movie, in order to make sure they seemed the authentic 16th century locations where Akbar’s story unfolded.

The film required four months of pre-production and research, apart from the eight months dedicated to intensive VFX production. For details on the film's production process, click here.