Ever been curious about where the Batman’s suit and Jon Snow’s fur coat in Game of Thrones were manufactured?
Ever been curious about where the Maximus’ helmet in Gladiator and Thor’s helmet were forged??
Ever been curious about where Harry Potter got all the props and costumes from???
Ever been curious about where all the shields and swords in 300 and weapons used in Skyfall by James bond were made??
All these weapons and shields, costumes and suits are produced and exported by two Indian companies – RS Windlass & Sons and Lord of battles.
RS Windlass & Sons
RS Windlass & Sons, founded by Veda Prakash in 1943, used to produce steel machinery and deliver them to British. Afterwards, following the independence, due to lack of potential buyers he attempted to shut it down. But his sons, Sudheer and Pradeep having discovered the craze for the ancient and old weapons in international countries for interior designing, showing in hotels and tourism, related with foreign companies and started exporting to them and finally got into Hollywood.
The“Sword of honor”, which is provided to the Best Cadet every year by Indian Military Academy is also produced by this company.
Some of the famous movies which they worked with are:
Star Wars, 300, Skyfall, Batman Begins, Game of Thrones, The Rome etc.
Lord of Battles
Lord of Battles, established by Sourav Mahajan, Ex Army captain, took voluntary retirement from the army and began supplying weapons to Dehradun army regiment. In the scenario, an Australian woman came to him with the need of weapons to her drama business. Later with the help of her he got the deal of supplying swords to an organisation through which he noted his name in many countries. That’s how he got into Hollywood.
Some of the famous movies which they worked with are:
Thor, Guardians of Galaxy, Prometheus, Exodus, Avatar, The martian etc.
Indians everywhere in the world of cinema.
