The recent closure of Technicolor India was a wake-up call for global capability centres (GCCs) and the VFX industry in India.The closure offers critical lessons in resilience, adaptability, and the future of India’s AVGC-XR sector.GCCs should be viewed as crucial support systems for parent companies and be integrated more deeply into overall strategy.Although AI-driven automation is transforming the VFX industry, complete automation of VFX remains unlikely.