EXCLUSIVE: 'Cargo' director on why she wanted to see neighbourhood aunty in a spaceship

Netflix recently released latest Indian sci-fi movie Cargo for its subscribers. movie helmed by Arati Kav is earning praises for its stunning visuals and brilliant direction. Viewers in India are showering praises for movie as it is something which is rarely seen in Indian movies.

Cargo director Arati Kav in an exclusive interview with Republic World talked about what went into making of this Indian sci-fi movie and how she wanted to see a neighbourhood aunty in a ship. Arati Kav's movies like Time Machine have always been evident of her love towards sci-fi genre. Here is a look at what she h to say about making of her Indian sci-fi film.

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Cargo director Arati Kav explains why she wanted to see a neighbourhood aunty in a ship

Cargo director Arati Kav was asked about concept behind film and how she came up with idea of Cargo. Arati Kav said, “I have always been very much interested in Science fiction and I’ve been working for around 5-6 years and making short films in that period. I also h same issue that it is t being me in India. science fiction is as such me in India and I wanted to make something that’s very Indian.”

She furr talked about her research for movie and Hollywood sci-fi films. director Arati Kav said, “So I was researching like what is Indian SciFi in general and what could be Indian SciFi and n I realized that our early mythology and early stories were in a way fantasies like SciFi. So I thought why t build on that and make a film that is very unique to India. Because biggest criticism of SciFi that has been done before India is that we have been derivatives of western Hollywood films. We could never match with production quality but I thought we should make something unique and homegrown, very Indian and we have learned from ir films also but we also should bring something uniquely Indian to conversation.”

Arati Kav also shared how she wanted it to be an all-inclusive concept and shared, “So I was thinking on those lines and idea of Cargo hit up on me and I thought it just worked because it was nice to make a ship film but also be able to see a neighbourhood aunty in a ship to make it feel like a that anyone can go to so t make it seem very alien as such.”

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Cargo trivia

movie has received appreciation at various film festivals across globe. Arati Kav shared her experience of how movie was received outside of India. She mentioned, “People outside India have seen eugh sci-fi films. We used to feel like inke liye naya kuch toh hai hi nahi because unhone toh ek se ek sci-fi films dekhi hai. (re is thing new to se guys as y have alrey seen quality sci-fi films) But for m, fact that we were bringing Indian mythology and t just mythology but way it is set and way y talk in computer like a middle-class office was something that was very exciting for m.”

Im Credits: A still from Cargo trailer