The actor, along with Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan, speaks at the final day of the Ficci Frames confab in Mumbai.
Tough guys do dance. Hollywood and Bollywood literally shook a leg at the closing session of the Ficci Frames confab Friday in Mumbai, when Hugh Jackman and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan did a jig to a popular Hindi film song after participating in a panel on the Hollywood studio system and the growing impact of Bollywood on global cinema.
Jackman illustrated this with the example of a scene from his film Australia where Jackman and Nicole Kidman share their first kiss, "And out of nowhere came the instruction that we were to kiss in the rain! I was like 'Why can't it be the sun'? And then someone told me about Bollywood movies and the natural props they use to dramatize a scene."
With studios like Fox and Disney coming to India, Jackman also felt the relationship between India and the U.S. will grow as "both are film loving countries."
Jackman was accompanied on his India visit by his wife Deborra-Lee Furness, and was also presented with a "Ganesha" memento by top Bollywood actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. "When I came to know that I will be meeting the most beautiful woman on earth, I actually thought it was my wife," joked Jackman.
During the session, moderated by My Name is Kahn director Karan Johar, the Wolverine star revealed that he was actively seeking roles in Bollywood projects, "I am looking forward to working in Bollywood films. I am meeting directors."
"I am a huge fan of Shah Rukh Khan and I loved his film My Name is Khan. I want to do a sequel to this film and that will be called My Name is Jackman and I am not a tourist," Jackman joked in a reference to the My Name Is Khan tag line, "And I am not a terrorist."Jackman illustrated this with the example of a scene from his film Australia where Jackman and Nicole Kidman share their first kiss, "And out of nowhere came the instruction that we were to kiss in the rain! I was like 'Why can't it be the sun'? And then someone told me about Bollywood movies and the natural props they use to dramatize a scene."
With studios like Fox and Disney coming to India, Jackman also felt the relationship between India and the U.S. will grow as "both are film loving countries."
Jackman was accompanied on his India visit by his wife Deborra-Lee Furness, and was also presented with a "Ganesha" memento by top Bollywood actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. "When I came to know that I will be meeting the most beautiful woman on earth, I actually thought it was my wife," joked Jackman.
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