Ranveer Starrer Will Have a Danny Boyle Connection

The makers of Ranveer Singh’s upcoming Rs 300-cr zombie survival thriller Pralay are currently in active discussions to bring in the world-class prosthetic makeup artists behind Danny Boyle’s cult-classic Hollywood film 28 Days Later.

The production team has approached prominent international artists Lisa Crawley, Adrian Getley, Barrie Gower, and Kate Hill. The filmmakers are prioritizing realistic, highly textured practical effects over heavy reliance on digital CGI to make the zombie-infected characters look genuinely terrifying.

Pralay is written and directed by Hansal Mehta’s son Jai Mehta, marking his big-screen feature directorial debut after co-directing the series Scam 1992 and Lootere. He has co-authored the screenplay with writer Vishal Kapoor.

A massive chunk of the project is being supervised by seasoned international technicians who have worked on major Hollywood blockbusters. The film will utilize specialized VFX teams to realistically reconstruct a post-apocalyptic, ruined version of Mumbai.

Filming is scheduled to commence in August, with a major portion of the shoot planned on location in Australia. Ranveer Singh will complete the first extensive shooting by Diwali before taking a planned paternity leave. Production will then pause and resume for its final schedules in 2027.