Director Taika Waititi is inspired by Indian films

Academy Award-winning director Taika Waititi is all set to return with his latest venture Next Goal Wins, which will be a comedy film based on a documentary by the same name. The film dives deep into the legendary football coach Thomas Rongen’s journey of leading the American Samoan team from a disastrous defeat to a spectacular win in the 2014 World Cup.

After his critically acclaimed films Jojo Rabbit and Thor, Taika recently admitted to have drawn inspiration from Indian films during his early work days. Praising Satyajit Ray’s work and talking about his favourite Indian film, he said, “Of course, the Satyajit Ray film Pather Panchali (1955). It was beautiful and very inspirational while I was making my earlier films.” Next Goal Wins releases in theatres on February 2.