‘Retire Bollywood’: Mani Ratnam asks Hindi cinema to stop using the term, create new identity for Indian cinema

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.