A stunt the film can actually use

A film launch has about a minute in which the room, and the cameras, are actually looking. Magic Mangesh designs an illusion for that minute. It might be an appearance, a prediction tied to the title, or a piece the cast can stand inside. The point is a picture people send on. A trick that only works if you were in the third row is the wrong trick.

He is the illusionist for the promotion, and he is also the person who has taught actors how to hold a piece of magic without looking like they are doing a turn. Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar and his son, Hrithik Roshan and his kids, Bharat Dabholkar, Shreyas Talpade, Ninad Kamat and others. If the star has to perform the beat, that is a rehearsal, not a hope. If Magic Mangesh performs it, that is a different booking. Say which.

This is not the consulting for a scene inside the film. That work lives on the theatre and film page. A promotion is public, short, and judged by whether anyone repeats it. The method stays off the internet. The effect is what leaves the room.

He is based in Mumbai, a member of The Magic Circle, London, and he works worldwide. Send the title, the date, the city and whether the cast is in the piece. Premiers, press days and mall appearances are not the same clock. Fees follow that brief. Priyanka is on +91 98337 84593 and at magic@magicmangesh.com.

Watch the illusions film before you write. It will tell you the scale. It will not hand you a stunt you can copy onto a poster. Each launch is built once.