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Legendary Hollywood film maker Steven Spielberg loved the 2009 Hindi film “3 Idiots”. While it may sound hard to believe, but Spielberg not just loved the film, he even recognised its female lead actor Kareena Kapoor Khan when he saw her in public.

 

Recalling the incident during the inaugural World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) in Mumbai, the 44-old actress narrate how the Oscar-winning filmmaker approached her while she was dining at a restaurant overseas soon after the release of "3 Idiots", directed by Rajkumar Hirani and co-starring Aamir Khan.

 

"Even Steven Spielberg is watching our Hindi movies today... I was traveling somewhere and at a restaurant, Steve Spielberg was also there. This was many moons ago, '3 Idiots' had just been released. And he came up to me and asked, 'Are you the same girl who is in that famous Indian film where three students study together?' I said yes, 'I am the same girl.' "He told me that he loved the film. I don't have to act in an English film for him to see me. He watched '3 Idiots', so that is our moment in Indian cinema,” Kareena said.

 

The actor was speaking at the session "Cinema: The Soft Power" where she was joined by Telugu star Vijay Deverakond. The session was hosted by filmmaker Karan Johar.

 

Kareena said she is happy with her work in Hindi cinema and has no intention of trying her hand at movies in the West.

 

"Films are a passion to me, films run into my blood, I was born into this (film) family. So, never say never, but chasing something is not part of my personality. So, if it has to happen, maybe a Hindi-English film will happen," the “Jaane Jaan” star said.

 

Kareena also spoke about the "insane" impact of Indian films in foreign nations.

 

"In 2023, I was in a taxi in London, the driver was a local and he started singing my grandfather's song to me because he had watched all of Raj Kapoor's movies.

 

"He sang the song 'Mera Joota Hai Japani' in Hindi. For me, that was really a great moment of pride... I felt the impact. He made me realise the kind of love that we, as a nation, our films, are getting," she added.

 

What has changed today for good is that people used to enjoy dubbed Hindi films earlier but now they watch them in their native language, Kareena said.