If you’re a swifty in India who couldn’t get to experience the magic of The Eras Tour, the closest experience you could have hoped for is from the Concert film released by Taylor, ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’. There had been apprehensions about the kind of support the movie would receive from the Indian audience. But the scenes from the movie theaters tell a completely different story and Taylor is apparently hijacking the show with her cult following.
The film has been released in select theaters in India on the 3rd of November and videos of fans dancing together to Taylor’s beat in the middle of the show has started surfacing. Users at X compared this moment with a Salman Khan release. Fans dancing in the theaters in a Salman Khan movie used to be a common feature in Indian cinema houses. It is the first time that someone from outside has made it happen.
The video surfacing on X shows a large number of the audience getting to the front of the screen from their seats to dance with each other. Taylor herself started this phenomenon when she went to the premiere of the concert film. She said that she wanted everyone to enjoy this movie as a concert itself and her fans never disappoint her.
This Salman Khan moment for Taylor Swift will be remembered for a long time by cinema goers in India. It also sets an example for how diverse cinema experience would benefit the industry.
