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Dev Patel's directorial debut Monkey Man premiered at the SXSW on Monday night. The film, which received a standing ovation, is inspired by Lord Hanuman...
This intense action story of a young man, who seeks revenge for his mothers death, is a visual extravaganza and an emotional experience, say those who watched the film at SXSW on Monday night. (.
While director SS Rajamouli took a Telugu film, RRR, which included a slice of Indian history, to the global audience, Dev has pushed the envelope a significant step further by making a Hollywood action drama inspired by Indian mythology, set in India, but having global appeal..
What Dev has done is successfully combine elements of Indian cinema (mother sentiment, Mumbai milieu, revenge story, caste, etc) with the Hollywood action genre, and possibly created a new genre of cinema that has takers..
Monkey Man is slated for release on April 5, 2024 worldwide and with the amazing response it has received at SXSW, Dev Patel and his film are likely to inspire more filmmakers in India, and possibly the West, to tap into Indian mythology for mainstream films...
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