Virus
- June 2019
- Feature Film
- Malayalam
Virus is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language medical thriller film written by Muhsin Parari, Sharfu and Suhas, and directed by Aashiq Abu. The film was produced by OPM Cinemas. Rajeev Ravi is the director of photography while the film editor is Saiju Sreedharan.
About Project
Virus featured around 25 minutes of VFX by Mindstein Studios. This included monitors of medical devices, set extensions, erase and modification of real elements, and digital creatures including a baby bat.
VFX Highlights
3D Bats were created for the film.
Scenes
The roads and streets of Calicut had to be shown as empty and ruined.
The film was shot in an annex portion of Calicut medical college. This side had to be extended to recreate the scale of the real hospital.
The famous Calicut bus stand had to be erased and emptied to show scenes of curfew.