'Indian content has huge potential to go global

When you love something, you begin to understand it and then you truly see it, says 'Extraordinary Attorney Woo' director Yoo Insik

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When you love something, you begin to understand it and then you truly see it, said 'Extraordinary Attorney Woo' director Yoo Insik, quoting a Korean proverb to explain the phenomenon that K-dramas and music have become worldwide. And he believes India is on the cusp of a similar global popularity wave.

His 2022 drama on 'Netflix' topped the charts with its heartwarming story of an autistic lawyer, Woo Young-woo (Park Eun-bin), navigating the Korean legal system as a new hire at a firm.

On his maiden trip to India, the filmmaker, who is also the person behind hits such as 'Vagabond, 'Dr Romantic' and 'Pinocchio, has had a busy couple of days as he visited the Taj Mahal in Agra and then flew to Hyderabad's Ramoji Film City to meet producers. In the city, he also sampled the famous biryani. He believes he has gained weight in just four days of his stay in India.

"I'm very happy to be here. Thanks to the invitation from the Korean Embassy, I had this precious chance to see the astonishing beauty of your country and so many surprising things," the director told PTI in an exclusive interview at the Korean Cultural Centre India (KCCI).

Director Yoo said he is familiar with many fans of Bollywood who get together to enjoy the song and dance of these movies. Personally, he has watched the Aamir Khan-starrer '3 Idiots, SS Rajamouli-directed 'RRR' and 'The White Tiger', starring Priyanka Chopra, Rajkummar Rao and Adarsh Gourav.