Ranbir Kapoor hits back at Ramayan VFX critics; says, “There’s countless hours of work where artists are working for years”

Ranbir Kapoor has responded to the criticism about the visual effects in the film *Ramayan*, asking people to understand how much hard work goes into making such big visual scenes.In a recent interview with Collider, he talked about the negative comments online, especially those saying the film's visuals look like they were made with artificial intelligence.

Ranbir said that with AI becoming more popular, people are more curious and critical about computer-generated images.

He explained that viewers now watch trailers and promotional clips and quickly form opinions about the visual effects, even before the movie comes out.

“Number of people online who become like CG critics, you know, they see a trailer and they're always critiquing.

It's not good enough.It's seeming like it's not done,” Ranbir said.

He admitted that audiences are more aware of CGI and visual effects because of the rise of AI-generated content.

However, he emphasized that there’s a big difference between AI-generated material and the hard work of professional VFX artists on a big film.

“So, I feel like people are getting more aware, especially with the influx of AI, people are getting more interested in how good the CG is, how good the CG will finally look, once the film releases,” he added.

Ranbir also found it funny when people who don’t know about the VFX process think filmmakers can just use AI to make complex visuals.

He highlighted the effort put in by the team behind *Ramayan*, saying thousands of hours of work have gone into making the film.

“People who don't know how CG is done, people think like someone's just use some AI and release something.

There's countless hours of work where artists are working for years,” he said.

He also mentioned that he has seen director Nitesh Tiwari and producer Namit Malhotra spend a lot of time on VFX discussions.

He recalled how they worked on even small details, like getting the exact color of the sky right.

“I've seen Nitesh sir, Namit sitting on VFX calls ever since this project started, trying to get even a certain color of the sky right,” Ranbir said.

Finally, Ranbir said that creating visuals that look real has become harder, especially now that people are used to seeing advanced AI images.

“So, I think it's tricky right now really to impress the audience with authenticity,” he remarked.