Veteran director Mani Ratnam, who attended the second edition of CII Dakshin Media and Entertainment Summit in Chennai, spoke at a panel which was about the impact of south Indian films.
During the interaction, the filmmaker suggested that he was against the idea of labelling different film industries in the country as Bollywood or Kollywood. Mani Ratnam said that if Hindi cinema can stop calling themselves ‘Bollywood,’ then people will stop identifying Indian cinema itself as ‘Bollywood.’
Vetri Maaran, who was also a panel member and was a part of the discussion concurred with Mani Ratnam’s statement and added that he’s also not a fan of the ‘woods’. He also added that we have to observe the industry as Indian cinema on the whole.
Meanwhile, Mani Ratnam is awaiting the release of Ponniyin Selvan 2 that’s slated to be released on April 28.
Based on the works by Kalki, the second instalment features Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Karthi, Vikram, Trisha and Jayam Ravi in lead roles. The rest of the cast includes Prakash Raj, Prabhu, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Sobhita Dhulipala, Jayaram, Ashwin Kakumanu, Mohan Raman, Sarathkumar and Parthiban.
