Pre-production seems to be the new buzz-word in Bollywood. The trend is catching up as a new breed of filmmakers is increasingly devoting more and more time to pre-production, which basically comprises of the scripting and storyboarding of a film.

Says Anthony D'Souza, the director of Blue, "It's not just me. These days a lot of directors are working with storyboards as it helps put their vision on paper." And reduce costs, if we may add.

Bollywood Hungama got its hands on a few storyboard sequences from underwater adventure Blue. Here they are; the images and the story behind them.