Hollywood filmmaker James Cameron recently shared that he enjoys Indian films. In a recent interview, the director mentioned how Indian movies focus on family, friends and personal duty towards the people around them. He also recalled his conversation with SS Rajamouli, adding that watching ‘RRR’ made him analyse what he likes about Indian films.
Highlighting similarities between his films and those that are made in India, James said the only difference is that his films do not have a “song and dance number at the end.” He also recalled talking to Rajamouli at the Critics’ Choice Awards. He said, “How much I enjoyed the physical production, the beauty and spectacle that he had created in his film, but also the tension, the action and all the things that I like. That film made me think about the Indian film industry at large and how much I enjoy Indian film industry at large and how much I enjoy Indian films for those reasons, whether it is the emphasis on family, friendship, personal duty towards the people around you and all those things,” he said.
Cameron added that he started paying attention to Indian films only after his first visit to India in 2010. He had not watched Indian films before that. Marking the 25th anniversary of the release of his iconic film ‘Titanic’, the director has re-released the film worldwide, including in several theatres in India. He said the movie did not have a strong release in India “because India was making so many of their own movies that you weren’t interested in our films.”