Hollywood director Taika Waititi, who is known for films like Thor Ragnarok, Jojo Rabbit among others, recently shared that Remo D’Souza’s 2013 film ABCD: Any Body Can Dance, is one of his favourite films. Taika praised Satyajit Ray’s film Pather Panchali and said that it was an inspiration for him when he started making movies but immediately brought up ABCD as the film that “everyone should watch.”
Speaking about Indian cinema to India Today, Taika said, “Of course, the Satyajit Ray film Pather Panchali. It was beautiful and very inspirational when I was making my early films. Next is the fabulous ABCD which is a fantastic big film which I think everyone should watch.” ABCD was a dance film starring Prabhu Deva, Kay Kay Menon, Lauren Gottlieb, Punit Pathak, Dharmesh and Salman Yusuff Khan. The film had a sequel which released in 2015.
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After directing the much acclaimed Thor Ragnarok, Taika was brought back by MCU to direct Thor Love & Thunder. In an earlier interview with Deadline, Taika had mentioned that he had “no interest” in directing Thor Ragnarok and only took up the project for financial reasons. Ragnarok was a massive success but the same success could not be repeated with Love & Thunder. After the release of his 2022 film, he told Business Insider that he won’t be involved with Thor 5.
Taika’s last directorial, Next Goal Wins, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2023 is all set to release in Indian theatres on February 2.
Taika has previously won an Oscar award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his 2019 film Jojo Rabbit.
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