Imagine spending years watching films and wondering how they’re made, only to find your own name in the end credits of one!
That’s the surreal moment for Mani Kantesh Allapuram, whose creative journey began with a few video edits and a lot of curiosity.
His father introduced him to video editing in Class 11. Soon, Mani was making edits, designing graphics, and putting his ideas online, simply because he loved creating.
During the lockdown, he took that passion further, spending hours experimenting with creative tools. Even while pursuing Computer Science, he kept finding ways to explore visual storytelling.
And those experiments eventually opened a door he hadn’t imagined. His work caught the attention of DNEG, one of the world’s leading visual effects studios.
He joined the team in early 2026 as a Creative Technology Artist and got the opportunity to contribute to Ramayana.
For someone who once watched films dreaming about the magic behind them, being credited alongside some of the industry’s finest artists, including A. R. Rahman and Hans Zimmer, is a full-circle moment.
As Mani says, “Your boy made it to the big screen.”
A reminder that the things you create just for the love of it might one day take you somewhere extraordinary.
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