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Vidyut Jammwal Says Indian Cinema Can Match Hollywood Action
Vidyut Jammwal says India has skilled people who can make big action movies.
He thinks one difference is that Hollywood productions often have more time to film.
He pointed to Baahubali as an Indian film series that took a long time to make.
Jammwal is appearing in the Hollywood movie Street Fighter.
In it, he plays Dhalsim, a peaceful yogi who fights to help his family.
The movie also features actors including Andrew Koji and Noah Centineo.
It is set in 1993 and follows martial artists brought together for a tournament.
Street Fighter is due in Indian cinemas on October 16 in four languages.
Vidyut Jammwal says Indian filmmakers have the talent and technicians to make Hollywood-scale action films.
He says the main gap is time: Indian productions may shoot in 10 days what Hollywood productions shoot over four months.
Jammwal cited the Baahubali franchise as an example of Indian films benefiting from longer production timelines.
His Hollywood debut is Street Fighter, in which he plays Dhalsim, a peaceful yogi who fights to support his family.
Street Fighter is scheduled for Indian theatrical release on October 16 in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
- Who
- Actor Vidyut Jammwal, who appears in Street Fighter.
- What
- Jammwal said Indian cinema has the talent to make Hollywood-style action spectacles but generally has less time and budgetary scale.
- Where
- The film is scheduled for theatrical release in India.
- When
- He made the remarks in an interview with PTI; Street Fighter is scheduled to open in India on October 16.
- Why
- Jammwal said additional production time helps create action spectacles, and that Hollywood productions are very well planned.
Indian Cinema's Capabilities
Production Constraints
Talent and production resources
Indian Cinema's Capabilities
Jammwal said Indian cinema works with the same technicians as Hollywood and has the talent needed to make comparable action spectacles.
Production Constraints
He said Indian productions generally lack Hollywood's budgetary scale and the luxury of spending more time on a film.
Production schedules
Indian Cinema's Capabilities
Jammwal pointed to Baahubali as an Indian production that took longer to make and showed the results of that time.
Production Constraints
He contrasted Indian shoots of about 10 days with Hollywood productions that may shoot for four months.
Key facts
- Actor
- Vidyut Jammwal
- Hollywood debut
- Street Fighter
- Jammwal's role
- Dhalsim, a peaceful yogi who fights to support his family
- Production-time comparison
- Jammwal said scenes shot in 10 days in India may be filmed over four months in Hollywood.
- Indian-film example
- The Baahubali franchise
- India release date
- October 16
- India release languages
- English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu
Quotes
Vidyut Jammwal
Indian actor preparing for his Hollywood debut in Street Fighter
“We work with the same technicians as they do, and there is no difference. In my movies, I’ve worked with the best in the world and they are the same people who work over there. I think the difference is that what we shoot in 10 days, they shoot in four months. The liberty of time, the luxury of spending too much time to create something is what they have that we don’t normally use.”
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“It was like me being an actor from India, me doing Indian action movies, me representing India. So, I think they needed somebody from India who was famous, who could do it and who has lived this up. It was an author-backed role for me.”
telegraphindia.com
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