New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Kathryn Bigelow, the only woman to win an Oscar for direction, hopes her film 'The Hurt Locker' - on a US bomb disposal squad in Iraq - will make Indian audiences 'understand that soldiers are acting as nation builders and peacemakers'.
'I am expecting that the Indian audience will appreciate our work too. I want them to understand that soldiers are acting as nation builders and peacemakers. They have courage and heroism, but fragility under fire too and the effective or ineffective ability to retain composure in a life or death situation,' Bigelow told IANS in an email interview from California.
'I want my audience to love our work. So let's just cross our fingers now and hope for the best from the Far East as well,' she added.
'The Hurt Locker', about a US bomb disposal squad in Iraq, has an ensemble cast of Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Evangeline Lilly, and Ralph Fiennes. It was released in India Friday.
Bigelow's war drama 'The Hurt Locker' edged out ex-husband and acclaimed filmmaker James Cameron's 'Avatar' in the race for the Oscars this year. The film not only won six Oscars, it also made Bigelow the first woman to take home the golden statuette for a director in the 82-year-old history of the Academy Awards.
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