The sci-fi movie won the Best Visual Effects Award at the 94th Academy Award.

Filmmaker Denis Villeneuve's movie 'Dune' starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya emerged victorious at the 94th Academy Awards with six wins. The sci-fi drama, which was nominated in ten categories, ended up securing most of the technical awards, including the Best Visual Effects Award on Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

But an interesting fact about the movie is that its visual effects were done by DNEG, a renowned company led by an Indian, Namit Malhotra. Son of Bollywood producer, Naresh Malhotra, Namit manages the UK-based firm, which has won several accolades for its world-class visual effects over the years.

DNEG, who had have also worked on the visual effects of Daniel Craig starrer 'No Time To Die' which was also nominated in the same category as 'Dune', faced tough competition from other nominated movies like 'Free Guy', 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' and 'Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings'.

While DNEG has won Oscars in the past for his brilliant VFX work, Dune VFX supervisor, Paul Lambert did extend his gratitude to the UK-based firm in his winning speech. "VFX is the achievement of hundreds of people around the world, so a huge congratulations to all the artists and production from DNEG."

Information and Broadcasting Union Minister Anurag Thakur also penned a congratulatory message to DNEG and Namit Malhotra on their epic Oscar win. "Congratulations to DNEG, VFX & Animation Studio led by CEO Namit Malhotra on winning the #Oscar in the ‘Best Visual Effects’ category for their team’s work on Dune! India is leading the way in the AVGC sector, we’re geared up to meet the global demand w/ our innovations & talent," Thakur tweeted.

Apart from Best Visual Effects Award, Dune also bagged Best Sound, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography and Best Original Score Awards at the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday.