Tamil Film 'Maharaja' Set To Become First Indian Film To Release In China After Normalization Of Ties

BEIJING: Following the normalisation of relations between the two nations following last month's agreement to end the standoff in Eastern Ladakh, the Tamil thriller film Maharaja will be the first Indian movie to be shown to Chinese audiences when it opens in China on Friday.

Pre-screenings for the thriller movie Maharaja have already started, and it will be released here at the same time as two significant rivals: the local picture Her Story and the Hollywood production Gladiator II.

According to a story published by Global Times on Tuesday, the film is currently scored 8.7 out of 10 on the Chinese movie review website Douban, making it one of the highest-ranked Indian films of the past several years.

The film, which is directed by Nithilan Swaminathan, features Natty Natraj, Mamta Mohandas, Anurag Kashyap, and Vijay Sethupathi. It was a great hit when it debuted on Indian cinemas on June 14.

In a significant move to end the more than four-year border conflict, both nations have solidified an agreement on patrolling and disengaging troops along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, making Maharaja the first Indian film to be shown in China.

On October 23, during their meeting in Kazan, Russia, on the sidelines of the BRICS summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping authorised the agreement and gave instructions to restore a number of bilateral dialogue mechanisms and normalise relations that had been damaged by a deadly military conflict in the Galwan Valley in 2020.

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