'Limitless' director Neil Burger expresses admiration for SRK, Indian cinema, shares shooting experience in Delhi for 'Inheritance'

Filmmaker Neil Burger who is known for his projects like The Illusionist and Limitless expressed his admiration for Indian cinema Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and shared his shooting experience in the national capital for his film InheritanceIn a conversation with ANI he said I love Delhi I like Mumbai as well I really like everywhere Im fascinated with India and theres so much to explore But you know we chose to shoot in Delhi to set the story or part of the story in DelhiHe added on what he liked about the country saying What was exciting about it theres sort of this sense of mystery and wonder in India certainly for a Western person stillThere are people who are incredibly friendly and incredibly generous And there was an excitement on the street and thats what we were looking for in the movie to get this kind of energy of life as lived And I think we were very successful with thatInheritance is an American espionage thriller film directed by Neil Burger from a screenplay he cowrote with Olen Steinhauer starring Phoebe Dynevor and Rhys IfansWhile expressing his admiration for Indian food its culture and people the ace director added Our experience was incredible Actually it was I mean I love Indian food So that was amazing I dont think Im enough of an aficionado to know the difference between Delhi food and some other cities food We had a great crew and fantastic actors Then just the setting is so cinematic so visual and and so dynamic So our experience was phenomenalThe Illusionist director opened on the family bond with the country and why India is so special for him and his wife Diana Kellogg My wife is an architect and designed a very beautiful girls school in Jaisalmer Rajasthan And so shes been working on that for 10 years and coming to India over and over And India has been and its people have been so welcoming to her and so generous with her And I think that she is just has a love affair So we feel like we have this special relationship with India I love Indian food like naan and roti And so it was important to me to set this particular sequence in India because of itHe added that he is fond of Indian cinema and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan I do follow Indian cinema and actors like Shah Rukh Khan Ive seen lots of Indian movies and Im fascinated with them he sharedHe spoke about his film Inheritance and how he conceived the idea behind it Burger came up with the idea for the film during the Covid19 pandemic and it has an international scope despite being shot completely on an iPhoneIt really came out of Covid originally I wanted to see like how the world was being affected by Covid and what the new normal was I didnt want to make a documentary Im a narrative filmmaker So I wanted to create a story that kind of took us to these different cultures just to see how people were reacting Now films take a long time to get madeSo we created this story that went around the world from New York to Cairo to New Delhi to Seoul and then back to New YorkThe filmmaker who shot the thriller with an iPhone shared When you travel around with a film crew lots of trucks and lots of equipment and lots of people you disrupt the normal kind of routine of life And so people end up looking at you Whereas I wanted to from this original idea see the world look at the world I came up with this idea that I would shoot it on an iPhone not as a gimmick not merely as a substitute for a motion picture camera but because we could walk through a crowded Delhi market and nobody would look at us because no no lights no boom mics just like somebody walking seemingly next to their friend For all anybody knew they were shooting some social media something rather And it was a very effective way to do it A very small crew kept the crew away We were very quick with what we were doing So it was a unique way to shoot it and it has a unique energy because of thatHe recalled working with Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper in sciencefiction thriller film Limitless saying Working with De Niro who has always been a hero of mine it became very suddenly youre in the room and hes right here and youre giving him direction And all youre thinking about his incredible roles The amazing thing about Robert De Nirois that he wants to collaborate Hes not in a place where hes like well I just know what Im doing and I know what whats the right thing He actually wants to work with the director and build a character together And then with Bradley Cooper we were doing theres a crazy stunt where he like runs in front of a truck and almost gets hit by it And he ran in front of a truck and almost got hit by it And so its fantastic this sort of commitment that these guys make And it was one of my favorite films that Ive made And it was it was amazing to make itOn talking about his other projects he shared I made a movie called The Illusionist 2006 a number of years ago with Edward Norton Paul Giamatti and Jessica Biel and I and Im actually turning it into a TV series expanded it into a TV series So Im actually writing And now Im sort of working on the next episodes which have been really funInheritance premiered on Lionsgate PlayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params