Western cinema, as British actor Daniel Caltagirone sees it, is “dying”, and Indians films are on the verge of supplanting Hollywood, which seems to have lost its way in the surge of streamers. The actor plays the antagonist Lord Clement in Pa Ranjith’s upcoming period drama, Thangalaan, starring Chiyaan Vikram, Malavika Mohanan and Parvathy Thiruvothu. 

Caltagirone, who has starred in films like Legionnaire (1998), The Pianist (2002) and The Fall (2006), feels “privileged” to make his Indian cinema debut at a time when stars like Deepika Padukone are presenting at the Academy Awards. “There is a shift. Western cinema is dying... Something is happening, I don’t know what it is. I don’t know if it is because of streaming, but I urge people to not abandon cinema... Indian cinema is having an effect globally,” he pointed out.