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The 97th Academy Awards used to be a historical evening for this man, as his visual effects firm bagged its eight Oscar under Best Visual Results category. We're talking about Namit Malhotra, who has obtained this prestigious honour for his groundbreaking work on Denis Villeneuve’s directorial Dune: Part Two.

The Oscar marked his firm DNEG’s eight victory, with old wins for Dune: Part One, Tenet, First Man, Blade Runner 2049, Ex Machina, Interstellar, Inception. Namit expressed his gratitude for his victory, and thanked thousands of artists, technicians and strengthen workers for contributing to the movie’s great success.

He stated, “For our team to be honoured with this year’s Oscar® for Visual Results for Dune: Part Two is an out of the ordinary achievement and one more milestone in our trudge. This recognition by the Academy – our eighth VFX Oscar® since 2011 – is one more endorsement of the artistic and technical management of our teams right here at DNEG. My heartfelt thanks to Denis Villeneuve for his imaginative and prescient and management, and to Paul Lambert, Greig Fraser and other key members of the filmmaking team. Particular thanks also to Mary Guardian and the team at Legendary, and to everyone at Warner Bros. for once extra giving us the different to be an component of bringing this unbelievable memoir to the extensive cloak. And large congratulations and as a result of thousands of DNEG artists, technicians and strengthen workers all throughout the area, who all portion this honour.”

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Who is Namit Malhotra?

Namit is an Indian movie and tv producer as well to enterprise executive. He's the eldest son of Bollywood producer Naresh Malhotra and the grandson of cinematographer M. N. Malhotra, who worked on India’s first color films, Jhansi Ki Raani (1953). Moreover, he serves as the CEO of DNEG, the British-Indian firm, renowned for its trip in visual effects, animation and stereo conversion.

Namit has produced Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva and worked as an Govt Producer on initiatives relish These About To Die, Rally Boulevard Racers, Horizon Line, The Hurricane Heist, and The Sickhouse. Namit, is also at this time producing Ranbir Kapoor and Sai Pallavi’s extremely-anticipated mythological drama Ramayana. Based on Bollywood Hungama, it’s certainly one of doubtlessly the most costly films in Indian cinema, mounted on a hefty funds of Rs 835 crore. The movie is anticipated to be released in two substances, one all through Diwali in 2026 and one more in 2027.