Acclaimed filmmaker Mani Ratnam, who is currently looking forward to the release of his magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan 2, recently attended the second edition of CII Dakshin Media and Entertainment Summit in Chennai. Speaking at a panel that spoke about the impact of south Indian films, Ratnam suggested at one point during the event that one should stop labelling industries as Bollywood or Kollywood.
“If Hindi cinema can stop calling themselves Bollywood, then people will stop identifying Indian cinema as Bollywood,” said the director. National Award-winning director Vetrimaaran, who is said to be a close friend of Anurag Kashyap, had similar feelings about the term as he added, “I’m not a fan of the ‘woods’. Like Bollywood, Kollywood. We need to see it as Indian cinema on the whole.”
The panel was also graced by actor and filmmaker Rishab Shetty, who is behind last year’s surprise Kannada hit Kantara. Shetty spoke about the importance of marketing local as global, and said stories need to represent the India a major population live on a daily basis.
Meanwhile, Mani Ratnam and his main cast of actors such as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Vikram, Karthi, Trisha Krishnan and Sobhita Dhulipala among others have been promoting the second installment of Ponniyin Selvan, which is based on the epic of the same name authored by Kalki Krishnamurthy. His four-part series has been developed for cinema by Ratnam in a two-parter, called Ponniyin Selvan. The first part of the film was received well by the audience, and managed to become the biggest success story of Tamil cinema last year.
Ponniyin Selvan 2 arrives in theatres on April 28.
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