With younger Indian filmmakers exposed to Western cinema and Western culture making different types of films, Indian stars will be truly global, "much sooner than anyone would expect", says Bollywood's superstar Shah Rukh Khan.
"The younger filmmakers, I think, are completely new-thinking people. They have learned the technique and technology, and writing from the Western world," Khan told CNN in an interview.
Youth "in our country now is also understanding different kind of cinema, because they're also exposed to because of television, internet", he said. "So, they're like, OK, we can compare.
"And somehow Indians at this juncture feel, you know what? To be really proud, we need to make films which make a mark in the world," Khan said.
Asked if he imagined there may be a time when Indian stars will be truly global, he said: "Much sooner than anyone would expect, most certainly" even though "the main standard in the world becomes how much dollar value that finally the business brings, and that's how you're big".
"But I can see it happening in the next five or six years, very easily," Khan said, seeing the use of Hindi in Indian films as another problem giving Hollywood "a big advantage" as the films are made in English.
"But the time is coming now, because... if you see a new Indian film, you'll realise that the language is more ‘Hinglish'," he said, referring to the liberal use of English in Hindi films.
"You know, we're using, and we don't have to translate it any more, everyone understands it. And everyone uses it every day."
Khan also agreed India may soon be able to present its own world cinema. "Absolutely," he said, noting that with globalisation "the language as a barrier will start breaking down.
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