Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans

<p>After his brother gets killed by a white tigress in the jungles of the , Pandit and his team of commandos enter the prohibited core area of the forest to avenge his death. was shot in the dense in the , showcasing the , and the film has aerial visuals of the Sundarbans and over 800 shots with special effects. Director said, “We spent four months doing the test shoots and we shot with trained tigers from and and composited these sequences with the ones taken at Sundarbans with “. He concluded by saying that he had to take up an online course in visual effects along with his producer Abis Rizvi. -based Michael Watson, whose resume has , was hired as the director of photography, and a special team from was signed to film the aerial shots using . Producer Rizvi said, “With an international crew of 150 on board and a 300-member team, it took us 12 months to edit the film and put our audacious dream out on celluloid. was signed for .” gathered mixed reviews. mentioned it as a novel concept which makes an interesting film and appreciated its editing and computer graphics and said the film “would show you something that you didn’t even know existed in India”, concluding it as a smartly executed film which deserves attention. Subhash K Jha for wrote that, “Roar is a visual swagger and splendour with stunning shots of the natural beauty of the Sunderbans, if you’re the sort who grants leeway to movies for stretching its neck out beyond the domain of the conventional.” He observed its photography to be ‘brilliant’. gave stars and mentioned “Roar would not disappoint you and the film’s strengths are the novelty of the concept, and the judicious use of “. mentioned it as “entertaining, shot like a film, which has some genuinely great computer graphics”. It also wrote that the camera work is at par with any big-budget Hollywood film, and the cinematography showcases the flora and fauna of the Sundarbans on a grand scale, and the special effects are superlative. gave it 3 stars, saying “technical brilliance and the film’s stage & setting – This is what makes Roar stand out from the crowd in a major way”. As per , Roar collected 15 million on its first day of release, and a total of 4.75–5.0 million net as weekend collection. While reported that was doing moderate business and collected 70.0 million from its first 4 days, reported that collected 83.8 million at the end of its 1st week run.</p>