Indian actor MGR is brought to life digitally

A digital version of the late actor MGR will ‘star’ in a two-hour feature film which is set for release in 2020. Photos: Orange County

For the past two years, Orange County – a Malaysian production company – has been working on recreating the Indian icon M.G. Ramachandran (better known as MGR) in digital form.

Using movie stills, publicity photos and films the actor had starred in, the company hired a visual effects company in the United States to “digitally sculpt” a 3D head model of MGR.