Oliver Paulus tells swissinfo how he came up with the idea for his culture-clash comedy, which had its world premiere in Zurich on Saturday, and why he thinks it will be a hit with Swiss audiences.
"I was in an Indian village 17 years ago watching a Bollywood movie and suddenly Switzerland appeared on screen!" he said.
"At that time I had no idea that Bollywood shot movies in Switzerland – I don't think most people knew! But since then I've always thought it would be nice to bring Indian culture to the Swiss mountains and to use that for comedy, with the two cultures – and their prejudices and ideas – clashing."
Indian directors have been interested in the Alps for years – more feet of film are shot every year in Switzerland by Indian film crews than by native ones – but Paulus, 38, said that until a few years ago it was "completely impossible" to get people interested in his project. More...
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