stunned by a hollywood movies visual effects chances are durgapur boy abhishek ghorui was part of a team that made it reports shounak ghosal he is loath to claim credit but the hollywood credit lists betray him from his modest home in durgapur to distributing pamphlets in mumbai to earn money and finally being part of the visual effects team that bagged the oscar for life of pi abhishek ghoruis story is a classic tale of struggle and success currently based in bangalore the bengal boy has his fingerprint on blockbuster movies like pirates of the caribbean on stranger tides the brad pittstarrer world war z jack the giant slayer ridley scotts prometheus transformers dark of the moon in fact imdb lists abhishek as an uncredited visual effects artist for two of the biggest movies of recent times the 007 flick skyfall and man of steel and hes only just begun i never imagined i would hold the oscar one day but i started dreaming about it when two movies i worked for prometheus and skyfall were nominated they could not bag the top award but when life of pi nailed it i knew that day wasnt far away and it was such an amazing feeling when i touched the oscar it felt like i was on top of the world it was difficult to sleep as that golden moment kept flashing on my mind in repeat mode grins the young achiever who learnt visual effects at a park street institute the journey i was born and brought up in durgapur where i did my schooling i always had a keen interest in painting and creative work and wanted to become an artist but after completing plus ii when everybody was aspiring to become a doctor or engineer i also followed the mainstream and took admission in a computer science course in a college under calcutta university but i felt disinterested in computer programming so i decided to explore the field of my choice after a lot of research i came to know about some institutes which offered animation and visual effects courses although my parents had very little knowledge about these fields they gave me great support however after completing the course i was in for total disappointment i got no job offer as there was not a single animation company in kolkata but i was determined i packed my bags and boarded the train to mumbai to chase my dream with little money and no contacts there i struggled until an old friend offered me shelter in his room i started looking for jobs but there were no openings for a greenhorn artist in any studio the next fourfive months were very tough i even distributed pamphlets in front of colleges to earn money suddenly i got a call from a renowned mumbai studio my joy knew no bounds when i came to know that i was the only one to be selected from hundreds