American filmmaker Joe Russo wants to promote Indian cinema

American filmmaker and director Joe Russo recently attended the Sands International Film Festival in Scotland, where he spoke about his upcoming series ‘Citadel’ featuring Priyanka Chopra and Richard Madden He also spoke about backing other industries around the world, including Bollywood, to give them a wider reach

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American singer Nick Jonas, who recently sold out London’s Royal Albert Hall, shared pictures from the musical night with his daughter Malti Marie Chopra Jonas as a special guest. This was the first time the one-year-old attended her father’s concert Taking to Instagram, he shared a picture where he is seen holding Malti in his arms and wrote in the caption, “Her first soundcheck ” Nick’s wife and actress Priyanka Chopra also shared several pictures together from the concert In her post, Nick is holding Malti onstage in the dark hall She wrote in the caption, “What a night ” Priyanka’s recent show ‘Citadel’ was released on the work front, co-starring Richard Madden This is the first leg of the global series Citadel planned by the Russo Brothers Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Varun Dhawan lead the Indian series Priyanka was recently in India to promote the show along with Richard Interestingly, Priyanka shared that ‘Citadel’ was t h e f i r s t t i m e s h e g o t e q u a l p a y a s h e r m a l e c o u n t e r p a r t D u r i n g a n i n t e r v i e w w i t h A m a z o n Studios head Jennifer Salke at the South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) 2023, Priyanka said that it was only on the series that she received equal pay for the first time in her career She said, “I might get into trouble for saying this, depends on who’s watching I’ve been working in the entertainment industry for now 22 years, and I have done almost 70-plus features and two TV shows But when I did Citadel, it was the first time in my career that I had pay parity I’m laughing about this, but it’s kind of nuts ”

When asked what the best version of Hollywood looks like, Joe said it should get more international and pointed out Bollywood as an example He said, “Certainly a more diverse version and one that’s more international Bollywood, for instance, is one of the more significant film businesses in the world but it has extremely minimal exposure outside of India Thank God for movies like ‘RRR,’ using a level of technical genius, visual effects, and mythological storytelling to appeal to a much wider audience We learn about other cultures from movies like that So, I guess, our goal would be empowerment We want to support other markets as much as possible so their stories can get through in a broader way ”

Joe has worked with Indian artists in movies like ‘Extraction’ and ‘The Gray Man ’ Meanwhile, his ‘Citadel’ is set to be adapted for Italian and Indian audiences The Indian version will be helmed by filmmaking duo Raj and DK, with Varun Dhawan and Samantha Ruth Prabhu taking on the lead roles

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Chopra was all praises for Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy for being hired as the first woman and person of colour to direct a ‘Star Wars’ film. The actor gave a shoutout to Sharmeen for helming the upcoming Star Wars movie. In her Instagram story, “First person of colour and first woman to direct a Star Wars film And she’s South Asian!! What