Avatar Director James Cameron Wants To Visit Varanasi Sets; Requests SS Rajamouli, “May I Come And Watch You Create Your Magic?”

James Cameron is one of the biggest filmmakers in the world who has given fans gems like Titanic and the Avatar franchise. In India, his equivalent is celebrated filmmaker SS Rajamouli, who has delivered box office hits like the Baahubali franchise, RRR, Magadheera, Eega and more. While Cameron’s third film in the Avatar franchise, Fire and Ash, releases this Friday, Rajamouli is currently busy shooting his next, Varanasi.

Recently, Cameron and Rajamouli connected over a video session and praised each other and well as the project they’ve created. During the interaction, James even expressed his wish to visit the sets of Varanasi and watch the Indian ace director in action. Scroll below to read about their interaction.

James Cameron Wants To Visit SS Rajamouli On Varanasi Sets

During the video session, James Cameron is heard saying, “I think it’s important for filmmakers to talk and compare similarities in their mental creative process and in their technique and so on. I’d love to come to your set. May I come to your set sometime and watch you create your magic?” To this, SS Rajamouli, answered, “Oh, that would be an absolute pleasure, sir. You are most welcome. I mean, not just me, not just my unit, my entire film industry will be thrilled.”

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Continuing further, James said, “I can’t think of anything I’d rather do. I think you’re shooting for a while, right, on the new film on Varanasi?” The ‘RRR’ filmmaker answered, “Yes, sir. It’s almost a year now and another seven, eight months to go. Yes, we are in the middle of the shoot.” Hearing this, the ‘Titanic’ maker said, “Okay, plenty of time. Well, tell me when you’re doing something fun. I don’t know, something with tigers.”

Rajamouli Praises Avatar Fire and Ash

The love shared between the ace filmmakers is mutual and the ‘Baahubali’ director praising James Cameron’s upcoming fantasy action, Avatar Fire And Ash is proof. During the same video interaction, Rajamouli thanked Cameron for letting him watch Avatar 3 before anyone else in India and said, “I would like to thank you because you made me the first person, or probably the only person, amongst 1.45 billion Indians to watch Avatar: Fire and Ash. That feels very special.”

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He then praised the film, sharing his thoughts on how he felt while watching it. The ‘Magadheera’ director said, “Watching Fire and Ash was an absolute pleasure. Hats off to you for creating those complex sequences, visuals and characters. I can go on and on. I was like a child in the theatre watching the Wind Traders, the Ash People, the new characters. Varang was absolutely stunning.” He further revealed that it was Jake Sully, the former human, who kept him hooked, stating. He was quoted saying, “But I thought, for me, after I come back from the theatre, it wouldn’t leave my mind. What really got me hooked was Jake’s moral dilemma. I thought the first Avatar had it; it was so strong. I thought, can he ever beat it? But I think in this, it is much stronger.”

About Varanasi

Directed by SS Rajamouli and co-written by Rajamouli and his acclaimed screenwriter father V Vijayendra Prasad, Varanasi stars Mahesh Babu, Priyanka Chopra (in her Telugu cinema debut), and Prithviraj Sukumaran in the lead roles. Initially known as Trotter Event, the film will see Mahesh in dual roles, one as Rudhra – a fierce character depicted wielding a trishula and riding a bull, symbolic of Nandi and the other as Lord Rama. The film will release on Sankranti 2027.

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