VCL to up headcount by hiring 1,500 special effects artists

MUMBAI: Visual Computing Labs (VCL), a division of Tata Elxsi, plans to increase its headcount from the present 300 to 1,500 animators and special effects artists over the next three-year period, a top company official said.

"We have completed India's first fully 3D-animated mainstream film 'Roadside Romeo' and now we working on three more animation films, TV shows for Germany and bidding for large Hollywood projects," Tata Elxsi's CEO and Managing Director, Madhukar Dev, told reporters here today.

The company saw a high growth for animation films in India and VCL plans to add 1,500 animators and special effects artists in the next three years, Dev said.

VCL is a creative facility, offering animation, digital visual effects and game asset building for the global entertainment and broadcast industry.

With its global delivery center in Mumbai, VCL, with a unique mix of engineering and creative skills, provides solutions from scripting, pre-post production, character modelling and animation, VFX and development services, among others.

VCL has provided special effects to Hollywood blockbusters like 'Ironman', 'Ghostrider', 'Spiderman 3' and 'One Night with the King'.

It has also created special effects for a number of Bollywood movies like 'Drona', 'Kidnap', 'Bachna Ae Haseeno', 'Jodhaa Akbar', 'Taare Zameen Par', 'Rang De Basanti' and 'Dhoom 2'.