India, Feb. 8 -- A young thief named Hanumanthu, injured in a fight and thrown into the sea, finds in the water a blood gem (rudhira mani), or fossilised drop of Hanuman's blood. Suddenly, he can outrun a cheetah, stop a speeding train, survive what should be fatal blows. These abilities fluctuate with the rays of the sun, and recede after sunset. Just that sequence in Hanu-Man (2024) took nearly three months to complete. HaloHues Studios drew on complex light behaviour to signal divinity. Sunlight refracts and ripples across the seabed, converging around the gem. Shafts of light lend the space a cathedral-like glow. Dynamic marine life, each creature animated rather than replicated, reacts to movements and currents. It was important that t...