Mumbai, Feb. 12 -- In a daring move that set the film industry abuzz, Christopher Nolan decided to bring the monumental story of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb to life without leaning on the crutch of computer-generated imagery (CGI). As the mastermind behind mind-twisting epics like Inception and Interstellar, Nolan's approach to Oppenheimer is both a nod to traditional filmmaking and a challenge to its modern conventions.

At the heart of Nolan's ambitious project was the recreation of the Trinity test, the first-ever nuclear weapon detonation in New Mexico. This pivotal moment in history was brought to the screen with an authenticity that CGI could not offer. "Recreating the Trinity test without the use of CGI was an extreme...