Filmmaker-sibling duo 'The Russo Brothers' are currently in India for a promotional tour of their new movie 'The Gray Man' which stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Dhanush and Ana de Armas
On Friday, the duo spoke with multi-hyphenate artiste Farhan Akhtar and his business partner Ritesh Sidhwani during a media event. Anthony Russo, the one half of the sibling duo, revealed that they are in early talks with the Farhan and Ritesh owned Excel Entertainment
Post having an exclusive fireside chat with The Russo Brothers discussing world cinema and the opportunities for the Indian film industry in the global market, the founders of Excel Entertainment hosted a late-night party for The Russo Brothers at Ritesh Sidhwani’s house, and as expected, the bash (that became the talk of the town) was attended by the Bollywood biggies!
Anthony told the media: "We love what the two gentlemen (Farhan and Ritesh) have been doing with content in India, they have a brilliant knack for telling disruptive stories"
"Although, such things take time to materialise but we are definitely talking with them with regards to developing something. At this moment, I can only say that its an exchange of ideas at this stage," he further added
Farhan and Ritesh partnered and laid the foundation of Excel Entertainment with the former's directorial debut 'Dil Chaahta Hai'. While Farhan being a child of veteran lyricist and writer Javed Akhtar had a natural affinity towards cinema, Ritesh, Farhan's childhood friend belongs to a business family
Together the two have delivered films such as 'Don', 'Lakshya', 'Don 2'. The two, who were earlier known to cater to just urban stories, have now diversified into the hinterland with productions such as 'Mirzapur' and their multi-lingual blockbuster 'K.G.F.', the first part of which opened a new market with its pan-India release, resulting in an even more successful second part
Participating in a fireside chat with the director duo The Russo Brothers, who are currently in India on a promotional tour of their recent release 'The Gray Man', Farhan told the media: "My experience of working with Marvel was no different than working in any film from India and Marvel would back me up for saying this."
The 'Dil Chaahta Hai' director further mentioned that making films is a work of passion and to get to work with a crew that shares the same passion is a blessing
"Filmmaking is about finding order in chaos. What you need is a crew that is passionately involved in the making. Enjoyment is really palpable when you have a brilliant crew," he concluded
The Russo Brothers, the sibling-directors, have earlier made blockbuster films such as 'Captain America: Civil War', 'Avengers: Infinity War' and 'Avengers: Endgame'
'The Gray Man', which so far has not impressed the international critics, will drop on Netflix on July 22 for the audience
Ryan Gosling plays Sierra Six, also known as "The Gray Man", a trained assassin who is inducted into the CIA's top-secret Sierra black ops programme from a US federal prison. Dhanush plays a cold-blooded assassin out to get Ryan Gosling's character
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