 In an Indo-Asian News Service interview, Draper said he collaborated with thirteen experts and a large team of animators to design the fly.Because the film's fly's eyes comprise 80 percent of its face, Rajamouli felt they could make it expressive; he used the 1986 Pixar American short film "Luxo Jr." for inspiration.The output of the first team of animators, using the reference material prepared, was unsatisfactory and Rajamouli reworked the fly's detailing.