Social entrepreneur Gitanjali Angmo, wife of activist Sonam Wangchuk, has praised filmmaker Christopher Nolan's latest film , calling it a "surreal" cinematic experience.
She also suggested that Bollywood should revisit its approach to adapting India's rich literary and mythological heritage.
Angmo shared a post on social media recalling an accidental meeting with Nolan in New York in 2024 and posted a photograph with the filmmaker. She wrote, "Watched yesterday. Surreal to see on screen what was still a conversation when I accidentally met Christopher Nolan in New York in 2024. Its themes feel so familiar to the Indian imagination: the hero's journey, dharma and destiny, exile, temptation, homecoming, the human being tested and transformed along the way."
She went on to compare the film's themes with India's own epic traditions and urged the Hindi film industry to explore them with greater depth. "India is sitting on a treasure-house of such epics. Imagine bringing them to cinema with scale, sensitivity and intellectual depth. Cinema is more than entertainment. It shapes minds. Perhaps Bollywood needs to rediscover its role as one of our most powerful classrooms," she wrote.
Her remarks come months after Wangchuk was in the spotlight during a hunger strike at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, where he demanded the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and sought reforms and accountability in India's examination system following the NEET paper leak.
At the time, many on social media expected actor Aamir Khan to publicly support Wangchuk, as many believed the 2009 film was based on the activist's life. Actor Omi Vaidya, who played Chatur in the film, had publicly voiced support for Wangchuk.
However, during an interaction at the British Film Institute (BFI), Aamir Khan rejected the claim that Wangchuk inspired the film.