// Nav, Hero, Marquee components const { useState: useStateHero, useEffect: useEffectHero } = React; function Nav() { const scrolled = window.useScrolled(20); const [mobileOpen, setMobileOpen] = useStateHero(false); const close = () => setMobileOpen(false); useEffectHero(() => { if (!mobileOpen) return; const onKey = (e) => { if (e.key === 'Escape') close(); }; window.addEventListener('keydown', onKey); return () => window.removeEventListener('keydown', onKey); }, [mobileOpen]); return ( ); } function Hero() { const [time, setTime] = useStateHero(() => new Date()); useEffectHero(() => { const t = setInterval(() => setTime(new Date()), 1000); return () => clearInterval(t); }, []); window.useHeroParallax('.hero'); const fmt = (n) => String(n).padStart(2, '0'); const istHour = (time.getUTCHours() * 60 + time.getUTCMinutes() + 330) % 1440; const h = Math.floor(istHour / 60); const m = istHour % 60; const s = time.getUTCSeconds(); const istClock = `${fmt(h)}:${fmt(m)}:${fmt(s)} IST`; return ( <>
MUMBAI · IN, {istClock} v.2026 / personal-site
Director · VFX Sup · Virtual Prod

Post-first director shaping cinematic dreamworlds

I'm Kshitij Verma, a director, Live Virtual Production specialist and VFX Supervisor. A decade weaving tech and craft into frames people remember. Tech kid at heart, movie kid since forever, obsessed with figuring out how the magic works, then building it.

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); } Object.assign(window, { Nav, Hero });