EXCLUSIVE: Namit Malhotra on RAMAYANA, Christopher Nolan and Winning 8 Oscars

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The Prakhar Gupta Xperience

Prakhar Gupta

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Formerly - PG Radio Now, The Prakhar Gupta Xperience (PGX) – The Most Entertaining and Intellectual Conversations. My mission is simple: To create a raw, thought-provoking dialogue that brings deeper meaning to everyday conversation & to explore ideas that expand mind, challenge assumptions and push boundaries. No scripts. No agendas. Just genuine exploration of ideas. Join a community of thinkers, dreamers, and builders who refuse to settle for surface-level conversations. The journey continues. The experience evolves. This is PGX.

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EXCLUSIVE: Namit Malhotra on RAMAYANA, Christopher Nolan and Winning 8 Oscars | #PGX113

The Prakhar Gupta Xperience

1 hour 21 minutes 39 seconds

1 month ago

EXCLUSIVE: Namit Malhotra on RAMAYANA, Christopher Nolan and Winning 8 Oscars | #PGX113

Episode 113 of The Prakhar Gupta Xperience features Namit Malhotra, Founder of Prime Focus and Global CEO of DNEG - the VFX powerhouse behind global hits like Inception, Interstellar, Dune, Avatar, Oppenheimer, and major Marvel & DC films.

Starting Prime Focus from a garage in Mumbai, Namit has gone on to work with top directors like Christopher Nolan and Denis Villeneuve. His companies have also shaped Indian cinema - with Prime Focus handling the Digital Intermediate (DI) on Bajirao Mastani, and DNEG contributing to blockbusters like Baahubali.

He is now producing India’s biggest epic - Ramayana, with music by Hans Zimmer and A.R. Rahman.Recording Date: July 1, 2025

This is what we talked about:00:00 - Introduction03:50 - His Vision of Ramayana12:50 - The Pressure of Making Ramayana23:44 - Working w/ AR Rahman & Hans Zimmer32:14 - Why India Still Hasn’t Won an Oscar46:44 - Working w/ Christopher Nolan55:44 - Working w/ Denis Villeneuve58:01 - What Does the Future Look Like1:02:46 - Namit's Biggest Fear1:14:39 - Questions for Prakhar