MUMBAI, March 13 – US film director Steven Spielberg says Americans need to be more aware of Indian cinema and he is keen to build the cultural bridge between the two countries, Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.
“I am not as aware of Indian cinema as I should be sitting here. We don’t have great access to Indian films in America,” Spielberg told Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan during a meeting with the country’s top 60 directors here Monday.
Spielberg is in India to celebrate the success of the movie ‘Lincoln’ which was co-produced by Reliance Entertainment, the flagship motion picture arm of India’s Reliance Group. The multiple Oscar-winning US film producer said Indian films and cinema from around the world did not make it to American television screens due to commercial reasons.
When asked whether Indians needed to make efforts to popularise their films in the US, Spielberg said it should be done by his country.
“You don’t need to do anything. We need to do it. Social networking has shrunk the world. Countries have come closer and they are not so different now. We can share each other’s culture and ideas,” he said.
“I have propagated the case (of Indian films in the US) and it is one of the fringe benefits of this great relationship we have with Reliance Entertainment. One of our goals is to build this cultural bridge between India and the US,” he said.
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