PremiumAtlee conquered Bollywood with Shah Rukh Khan's Jawan. Next stop Hollywood
With Shah Rukh Khan's Jawan, director Atlee's market has grown exponentially as he has now become a household name across the country
Last Updated: 10.41 PM, Sep 24, 2023
Filmmaker Atlee is basking in the success of his latest movie Jawan, starring Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role. He has scored the biggest hit of his career as the movie has crossed the milestone of Rs 1000 crore at the global box office.
Jawan makes over Rs 1000 crore globally
Even though Atlee's previous movies have been big commercial blockbusters, Jawan has put him in a different league. He's in the elite group of directors with movies collecting Rs 1000 crore in ticket sales. Besides Atlee, only directors SS Rajamouli and Prashanth Neel have achieved this feat.
With Jawan, Atlee's market has grown exponentially as he has now become a household name across the country. But, this movie has elevated the reputation of this young director much beyond one's expectations.
Atlee's influence in Indian India off the charts
Jawan has also helped Atlee to establish some connections in Hollywood. In a recent interview, he revealed that he was surprised to find out that his storytelling style and aesthetic appeal, not just to Indians worldwide, but to people of different heritage and cultures.
Given Jawan was an action extravaganza, Atlee worked with several Hollywood stunt choreographers. And it has opened up new possibilities for him.
Atlee reveals Hollywood is calling him
"People who worked on our film were from Hollywood. Action director Spiro Razatos worked with us. So, Spiro and other great director and technicians from Hollywood were at the same screening of Jawan. And Spiro said I have done action in this film. So, they asked who has done that scene where SRK is engulfed in flames. He said, ‘It was the director’s vision and he executed it.’ So they immediately connected with me and told me, ‘If you want to work in Hollywood, let us know,’ so it isn’t a taste which is very desi. It is something superheroic and it has a very basic rhythm. I thought this idea only works for us but it is working globally," Atlee told Film Companion.