Tom Cruise wants to make a Bollywood-style film in India: ‘I love the dancing, the singing’

Tom Cruise expresses love for Indian cinema and culture, desires to make a Bollywood-style film in India.

Hollywood star Tom Cruise expressed his admiration for Indian cinema and culture and said he cannot wait to go back to India. Cruise, whose Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning has released in Indian theatres, said during the film’s global promotions: “I feel so much love for India. India is an amazing country, people, and culture. I have to say the whole experience has been etched in my memory. Every single moment. From the moment I landed, going to the Taj Mahal, and spending time in Mumbai —I remember each moment quite vividly.”

Cruise had filmed parts of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011) in Mumbai. Indian actor Anil Kapoor had a cameo in the film as media baron Brij Nath. Meanwhile, the Indian city of Bengaluru was re-created through sets in Vancouver in the film. 

During the promotional tour of Ghost Protocol, Cruise had also visited the Taj Mahal in Agra. 

Cruise said he loves Bollywood-style musicals and expressed his desire to make a film in India. “I would love to go back to India and make a film there. I love Bollywood films, the skill that it takes you to do what you all do is so natural. I love it when in a scene someone suddenly breaks into a song. I love it. It’s something that I have grown up watching—musicals from different countries. I love Bollywood movies. You can just break out into a song—it’s so beautiful. I love the dancing, singing, the actors. That is such a unique experience and craftsmanship of the actors to be able to sing, dance, and act.”

He doubled down on his wish to make a Bollywood-style film. He said, “I cannot wait to go back to India. I have so many friends there. I have met such amazing people there. I would love to make a Bollywood-style movie. It would be so much fun and amazing to do that. I love the dancing and the singing—it would be so much fun to do that.” 

Cruise also re-created his line from Final Reckoning, “I need you to trust me, one last time”, in Hindi, saying, “Mujh par bharosa karo, ek aakhri baar.”