India, June 28 -- It's another proud moment for SS Rajamouli and Indian cinema. The director, whose films RRR and the Baahubali franchise have found audiences across the world, has been honoured with a permanent place at the Cinematheque Francaise in Paris. Widely regarded as one of the most important film institutions in the world, it recognised SS Rajamouli's contribution to cinema in a celebration made even more special by Oscar-winning Greek-French filmmaker Costa-Gavras, who watched his films for nearly eight hours and stayed on for the masterclass.

SS Rajamouli has been given a permanent place at the Cinematheque Francaise in Paris, a film archive founded by Henri Langlois in 1936 that has long celebrated the world's greatest story...