Majid Majidi’s first ever Indian project, Beyond The Clouds finds significant mindspace at Iranian President’s latest India visit to meet PM Modi.
Cinema is a game of emotions regardless of the language – it connects people together at a human level regardless of their origins or where the story is set. And Iranian director Majid Majidi’s next film Beyond The Clouds has set this tone already before it’s release.
During Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani’s recent visit to India – his first since his election – where he met Indian PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi, they revealed their common stance in using culture and exchange of information and experience to confront terrorism and extremism. They spoke about the cultural union of the brilliant minds from both countries through the medium of meaningful cinema. In light of that thought – Beyond The Clouds, Majid Majidi’s very first cinematic Indian sojourn became a centrepiece, an example they discussed to highlight the power of cross-cultural and cross-border artistic union. Rouhani also spoke about how artists and makers from film and television from both countries should consider more collaborations like this to strengthen a prominent and long-standing cultural relationship between the two countries.
