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Baz Luhrmann on his fascination for India
Australian filmmaker Mark Anthony Baz Luhrmann is well acquainted with most things indian. After all,he was one of the first foreign filmmakers to explore Indian sound,when he used Chamma chamma in his magnum opus,Moulin Rouge. Visiting this country is a like a cathartic experience. Now I have to figure out how to incorporate some aspects of the place in my work, says Luhrmann,sipping on a cup of masala chai in a white khadi shirt and trousers at The Lalit lobby. On his fourth visit to the country,Luhrmann is here purely for the love of it with Australian artist and friend Vincent Fantauzzo. Vincent said he was going to India to paint a wall mural and I just accompanied him since I love the culture. But on a larger level I wanted to extend my support in settling the strained relations between both countries, adds Luhrmann,who apart from being a music composer,writer,actor and filmmaker likes to be referred to as a storyteller first.
After his Hollywood disaster Australia with Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman,Luhrmann is working on a collaborative project with Vincent apart from beginning work on the adaptation of John Fitzgeralds book The Great Gatsby. We have acquired the rights for the book and will soon begin casting for the project. There are other things at different stages of completion. But India figures in some form or the other, he concludes.
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