Mumbai, February 17 French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron met with some of India's top filmmakers and actors in Mumbai, turning a formal engagement into an animated exchange about cinema, culture, and collaboration.
The two-hour lunch meeting, which began at 12:30 pm at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel, brought together names such as Zoya Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Manoj Bajpayee, Anil Kapoor, Kabir Khan, Neeraj Ghaywan, Richa Chadha, and Grammy Award-winning composer Ricky Kej.
The discussion centered around how France and India can deepen collaboration through the film industries and expand the scope of storytelling.
Macron shared photos from the meeting with the acclaimed Indian actors and filmmakers on X.
"Alongside legends of Indian cinema. Culture brings us together," he captioned the post.
Kej, who was part of the French delegation, said President Macron had lunch with Indian filmmakers and actors.
"Everyone talked about how we can bring together the relationship between France and India through filmmaking, and how we can tell French stories in India and vice versa. We also discussed how we can benefit financially and make good films that cross over between the two countries," Kej told
