Iyo abantu batekereza filime zifite amashusho arimo imbaga y’abantu, benshi bibwira ko biba byakozwe hifashishijwe mudasobwa. Ariko mu myaka irenga 40 ishize, mbere y’uko CGI itera imbere, abakora filime bagombaga gukoresha abantu nyabo.
Filime Gandhi, yasohotse mu 1982 ikayoborwa na Richard Attenborough, ni yo ifite amateka yo gukoresha abantu benshi kurusha izindi mu ifatwa ry’amashusho.
Filime ivuga amateka ya Mahatma Gandhi, umwe mu bayobozi bakomeye mu rugamba rwo guharanira ubwigenge bw’u Buhinde. Mu gice cyerekana umuhango wo gusezera kuri Gandhi nyuma y’urupfu rwe, abakora filime bahisemo gukoresha abantu nyabo aho gukoresha amayeri ya camera cyangwa ikoranabuhanga.
Ku wa 31 Mutarama 1981, i New Delhi mu Buhinde, abantu barenga 300,000 bateraniye mu ifatwa ry’ayo mashusho. Muri bo, hafi 94,500 bari abakinnyi b’inyongera (extras) biyandikishije ku mugaragaro, abandi basigaye bakaba bari abaturage baje kwitabira uwo muhango, bituma haboneka imwe mu mbaga nini kurusha izindi zigeze zifatwa na camera. Aya mateka yemejwe na Guinness World Records.
Kubahuza bose byari akazi katoroshye. Byasabye igisirikare, abapolisi, abaganga, imodoka nyinshi ndetse n’itsinda rinini ry’abategura ibikorwa kugira ngo buri wese amenye aho agomba guhagarara n’icyo agomba gukora.
Mbere y’uko amashusho atangira gufatwa, buri muntu yari yambitswe imyambaro ijyanye n’icyo gihe ndetse ahabwa amabwiriza yihariye kugira ngo amashusho agaragare nk’ayabaye mu 1948, umwaka Gandhi yishwe.
Filime Gandhi yaje kuba imwe mu zakunzwe cyane ku Isi. Yegukanye ibihembo 8 bya Academy Awards (Oscars) birimo igihembo cya Filime Nziza y’Umwaka (Best Picture), Umuyobozi Mwiza n’Umukinnyi Mwiza.
Nubwo muri iki gihe filime nyinshi zishobora kongeramo ibihumbi by’abantu hifashishijwe mudasobwa, abasesenguzi ba cinema bavuga ko amashusho ya Gandhi akomeje gufatwa nk’imwe mu ngero zikomeye z’ubwitange n’ubuhanga bwo gukora filime hakoreshejwe abantu nyabo.
Hashize imyaka irenga 40, ariko filime Gandhi iracyafite amateka adasanzwe yo gukoresha abantu barenga 300,000 mu ifatwa ry’amashusho.
Mu gihe ikoranabuhanga rya CGI ryoroheje gukora amashusho y’imbaga muri iki gihe, iyi filime ikomeje kwibukwa nk’urugero rw’uko ubwitange n’ubufatanye bw’abantu nyabo bwashoboye kwandika amateka muri cinema.