V. Srinivas Mohan
Birth nameVadlamudi Srinivas Murali Mohan
Birth placeVijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
OccupationVisual Effects Supervisor
Software Engineer
Years active1996–present

Vadlamudi Srinivas Murali Mohan is an Indian visual effects designer, coordinator and supervisor known for his works primarily in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films.[1] He is also known for his works in few Hindi and Kannada films.[2] Srinivas fetched five National Film Awards for Best Special Effects for works such as Magic Magic (2003), Sivaji (2007), Enthiran (2010), Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), Baahubali: The Conclusion (2017), 2.0 (2018), RRR (2022) and Varanasi (2027).[3][4]

Early life

Srinivas Mohan was born in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India into a Telugu speaking family. Before getting into visual effects industry in Chennai, Srinivas worked as an animator and computer programmer.[5][6]

Filmography and awards

YearFilmLanguageVisual Effects SupervisorDigital compositingNotes
1996IndianTamil
1998Jeans
1999Kadhalar Dhinam
2000YuvakuduTelugu
Hindustan The Mother
KushiTamil
Palayathu Amman
2001RaavanaprabhuMalayalam
2002RunTamil
KunjikoonanMalayalam
RamanaaTamil
2003Dhool
Magic Magic 3DMalayalamNational Film Award for Best Special Effects
BoysTamil
Mizhi RandilumMalayalam
Enakku 20 Unakku 18Tamil
2004Ghilli
RunwayMalayalam
AnjiTelugu
2005GhajiniTamil
Sivakasi
Anniyan
2006Dishyum
Veyil
Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikecei
KrrishHindi
BangaramTelugu
2007SivajiTamilNational Film Award for Best Special Effects
2008GaalipataKannada
KuruviTamil
2009ArundhatiTelugu
EeramTamil
2010EnthiranNational Film Award for Best Special Effects[4]
IIFA Award for Best Special Effects[7]
Star Screen Award for Best Special Effects
Star Screen Award Special Jury for spectacular cutting-edge technology[8]
2011Anaganaga O DheeruduTelugu
2012NanbanTamil
Maattrraan
2013Raja Rani
2015I
Anegan
Baahubali: The BeginningTeluguNational Film Award for Best Special Effects
Best Special Effects in a Movie - NDTV Gadget Guru Awards 2015[9]
Movers & Shakers Award for Best VFX at 24FPS International Animation Awards[10] Nandi Award for Best Special Effects
20182.0Tamil
2022RRRTeluguNational Film Award for Best Special Effects[11]
2023LeoTamil
2024Indian 2
2025Game ChangerTelugu
Baahubali: The Epic
2027

References

  1. ^ "Best Special Effects: V Srinivas Mohan (Enthiran)". The Times of India. 20 May 2011. Archived 12 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ Rangarajan, Malathi (30 October 2010). "Behind the Robot". The Hindu
  3. ^ "63rd National Film Awards". Directorate of Film Festivals. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  4. ^ dff.nic.in/58_NFA.pdf
  5. ^ "Animatronics maketh the clone". The Hindu. 31 October 2010.
  6. ^ "Grafix Srinivas". tv9.net. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  7. ^ "Endhiran continues to do it!South". Behindwoods. Retrieved 29 June 2011.[dead link]
  8. ^ "Winners of 17th Annual Star Screen Awards 2011". Sify. Archived from the original on 2011-01-10.
  9. ^ "Baahubali Wins for Best Special Effects in a Movie". NDTV Gadget Guru Awards
  10. ^ "Baahubali Bestowed With Movers n Shakers"
  11. ^ "69th National Film Awards 2023 complete winners list: Rocketry, Alia Bhatt, Kriti Sanon, Allu Arjun, RRR, Gangubai Kathiawadi win big". 24 August 2023.