Many cultural similarities between India and Mexico: 'Narcos' star Diego Luna

By Bedika Mumbai, Nov 12 (PTI) Hollywood star Diego Luna hopes the Indian audience will embrace "Narcos: Mexico" as he shares a share of cultural similarities. Luna, his co-star Michael Pena and showrunner Eric Newman joined Bollywood actor Alia Bhatt and director Shakun Batra, to talk about the latest season of the Netflix drug drama, which starts streaming from November 16. "I find so many similarities between the Indian culture and the Mexican culture … I think this is why you would love 'Narcos: Mexico', "Luna said. The actor, however, was hesitant to talk about his spiritual connection with India despite Batra's production on Sunday night. "I told you that I was in my life when I was in my life … It is personal I do not see how it connects with 'Narcos'," he said when Batra shared with the audience that Luna's grandmother was born in India and he had read parts of Bhagavad Gita. Pablo Escobar, the man behind the rise of Medellin Cartel, and then the Cali Cartel in Colombia, the fourth season shifts to Mexico and revolves around the rise and fall of Guadalajara Cartel. Luna, who grew up in Mexico at the time when the cartel was at its peak, said the show was "personal" for him because it is the "foundation of the mess" that his country is in today. He plays the role of Felix Gallardo, the man behind the rise of Guadalajara Cartel. Gallardo is currently serving a 37-year-sentence in Altiplano in Mexico. "The case of Kiki Camarena determines the relationship between the States and Mexico … I was six when this happened but I did not know it because of my father's hiding this Mexico from me." But in the '90s, I was reading About the violence erupting and understood how crucial 1980s were, "he said." Wagner Moura and Pedro Pascal were the two most popular faces of the past seasons. It was not like that Pedro Kiki Camarena (the DEA agent) and then I came. We were always working, traveling and having pages to memorize, "Pena said, For Luna, it was a blessing to be a part of a show that is already established." Obviously, when you see something, you compare it with the last thing you saw. These guys made the show, "Luna said." … The team they put together is amazing … I have to be very honest . It's very bold to say 'Let's start all over again'. It is a different project … there is a new director, place and cast … The actor said he reads a lot of news stories. other people's commentary about the notorious drug dealer to understand the world of character, which is one of the flamboyant cartel bosses. "There was a period of time when he (Gallardo) liked to be in the newspaper. This guy knew the value of being a businessman and wanted to be a part of it … But it is difficult to find pictures of his personal life … Lena said: "Pena said he was a politician, he was like a politician." Pena said he was a politician. was not really getting the gist of what made him tick. What would motivate somebody to be successful in the harm's way to accomplish what he thought was justice. I talked to Mika Camarena, his wife. "He is a person who is jut fed up with injustice … The local police, the federal police, the local government, everybody was turning a blind eye." . Newman believes the drug is cocaine, whose trail they have been following season after season. "It is a product of their environment, economic disparity and the endless appetite for cocaine that America represents … The mistake that we make in America is that we are always looking for the monster and we ignore the monster taking shape behind us, "he added. PTI BK SHD SHD