Surprised That Christopher Nolan’s Seen Paapanaasam: Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan met Christopher Nolan in Mumbai.

Kamal Haasan and Christopher Nolan meet in Mumbai. 

(Photo courtesy: Twitter)

Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas attended a film lecture at the Bhau Daji Lad Museum in Mumbai, on 30 March 2018. The creator of Inception, Interstellar and Dunkrik also met actor and director Kamal Haasan at the 'Reframing the Future of Film' event.

“Met Mr Christopher Nolan. Apologized for seeing Dunkirk in the digital format and in return am sending Hey Ram in digital format for him to see. Was surprised to know he had seen Paapanaasam,” wrote Haasan on Twitter.

Indian filmmaker and archivist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, founder of the Film Heritage Foundation (FHF), is hosting Nolan at a three-day event 'Reframing the Future of Film' here from March 30 to April 1. They will be joined by celebrated visual artist Tacita Dean to also talk about preserving on film, and the necessity of determining new archival and exhibition standards that secure a film's future.

Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas. 

Nolan and Dean will be a part of a round table conversation, alongside iconic Indian film personalities like Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Kamal Hassan, Shah Rukh Khan, Santosh Sivan, Shyam Benegal, Anurag Kashyap and Farhan Akhtar.

Nolan is expected to talk about how the celluloid medium can co-exist with the digital mode.

Christopher Nolan is in India trip to draw attention to the importance of celluloid in the digital age.

(With inputs from IANS)