Spellbound VFX
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2015
- Employees
- 51-200
- Offices
- 3
About Spellbound VFX
Founded in 2015, Spellbound VFX is an independent visual effects and post-production outsourcing studio headquartered in Chennai, India. It provides production support for international feature films, episodic television, streaming series and commercials, working across Hollywood and Indian cinema. Its work encompasses both 2D and native stereo shots, with capabilities spanning image preparation, tracking and final compositing.
Production capabilities
The studio’s rotoscopy services include keyframe splines, silhouette extractions, layered alpha mattes and stereoscopic rotoscopy. Its paint and prep teams handle clean plate generation, background reconstruction, marker removal, wire and rig removal, object removal and cosmetic cleanup. These services support the preparation of live-action footage for subsequent visual effects work.
For matchmoving, Spellbound offers 3D camera and object tracking, camera calibration, geometry reconstruction, survey data alignment and lens distortion work. Its rotomation capabilities cover body and object tracking, character matching, and cloth and prop motion matching. Compositing services bring together live-action plates and digital elements through multi-pass CGI integration, relighting, colour matching, depth of field and reflections, extending through final delivery mastering.
Work and production relationships
Spellbound operates as an outsourcing partner within larger post-production pipelines. Its production work is supported by international client liaison staff in Vancouver and Los Angeles, providing communication, pipeline coordination and review coverage for North American partners across time zones.
The studio’s reported portfolio spans more than 180 international motion pictures, 50 television series and 35 commercials. Feature-film contributions include Spider-Man: No Way Home, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, John Wick: Chapter 4, Top Gun: Maverick and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. Its Indian film work includes Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, RRR, 2.0 and Syeraa Narasimha Reddy.
Television and streaming credits include Stranger Things, Wednesday, Fallout and The Boys. Across these markets, the company focuses on outsourced visual effects preparation and finishing for film, episodic and advertising productions.
More about Spellbound VFX
Founders and leadership
The report identifies the co-founders and their production roles as Prasanna Deivasigamani (Head of Production), Shankar Natarajan (CTO & CG Supervisor), Jaikishan Vyas (VFX Producer), Sakthivel Mahalingam (2D Supervisor) and Dinesh Anbazhagan (CG Supervisor).
Production security
The studio is reported as operating a Trusted Partner Network (TPN) certified facility, with data security and digital pipeline isolation standards supporting work for major film and streaming clients.
Training and career pathways
In 2024, Spellbound's leadership established the affiliated DigiAura VFX Academy. Its hands-on curriculum uses Spellbound's production pipeline and actual production footage. The research describes paid internships and professional entry pathways into film and episodic VFX.
Early development
The studio began with fewer than ten artists in 2015 before expanding into a full-scale production operation.
Notable credits
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Where Spellbound VFX is based
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Chennai offices
HeadquartersAbout this office
**Office** Status: active Headquarters Address: The Lords Building, Ramaniyam Siddarth, Block-2, 1st Floor, Northern Extension Area, Plot Nos 1 & 2, 100 Feet Rd (Jawaharlal Nehru Salai), Thiru Vi Ka Industrial Estate, Ekkatuthangal, Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600032, India Phone: +91 44 4358 4398 Global headquarters and primary production studio, housing production departments, IT infrastructure and executive management. --- **Office** Status: active Address: 3rd Floor, No. N5, SBI Building, Jawaharlal Nehru Salai, Thiru Vi Ka Industrial Estate, Ekkatuthangal, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600032, India Secondary export facility on record; the premises also house the separately operated DigiAura VFX Academy.
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Vancouver office
About this office
International client support and production liaison branch supporting communications, pipeline coordination and daily reviews with North American clients.
- Los Angeles, California, United States
Los Angeles office
About this office
International client support and production liaison branch supporting studio relationships, project bidding and post-production communications.
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