Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan has revealed a direct connection between ‘The Lord of the Rings’ and his sci-fi franchise ‘Krrish’.
Roshan was one of the guests at the premiere of Amazon Prime Video’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” in Mumbai on Thursday. The actor revealed that his father Rakesh Roshan, who directed “Koi… Mil Gaya” watched Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” in 2004.
“He was talking about the way they used this great cool idea and then they got this progress which was absolutely amazing [asked] Roshan said, “Why can’t we do that?”
Roshan revealed, “He said ‘Why can’t we take ‘Koi… Mil Gaya’ – which is one of our previous films – ‘make progress and build on that’ – and that was the birth of ‘Krrish'”. There will be no ‘krrish’. “
“Krrish” was released in 2006, “Krrish 3” in 2013 and “Krrish 4” is understood to be in the pipeline.
The premiere was also attended by Bollywood star Tamana Bhatia, “Lord of the Rings: Rings of Strength” model J.D. Payne, cast members Robert Aramayo, Sarah Zwangobani, Maxim Baldry, Lloyd Owens, Nazanin Boniadi, Megan Richards, Charles Edwards and Theroux. Debt conservatives, Emma Horvath and Markella Cavina, and Amazon executives.
Albert Cheng, COO of Amazon Studios, said: “We have seen great customer adoption in India and the country has seen the largest number of new customers worldwide who started streaming on Prime Video last year. It is one of the fastest growing and most engaged regions for Prime Video in the world. All over the world, all within just five years of its release.Indian originals now have a huge fan following globally as well as one in five viewers of an Indian original series is from outside India, India has the largest list of local originals outside the US With more than 70 shows in various stages of production and development. Mumbai is world-renowned as one of the entertainment capitals of the world along with Los Angeles and London. This made it an obvious choice for us to host our first show in the Asia Pacific region.”
Gaurav Gandhi, Head of State, Prime Video India said, “Tolkien is the creator of much modern fantasy. His stories are timeless and readable. They continue to inspire people even today and spark their imaginations. That’s why people keep coming back to them again and again. And through this series, we create a world Legendary that our viewers have never seen before. The show’s ambition and global themes pique our interest on behalf of our viewers.”
‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ will air from September 2 and customers in India will be able to watch it in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.
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