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 meeting over lunch, 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 lively discussion centered around how France and India can deepen collaboration through the film industries and expand the scope of storytelling.
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
