Blue People in ‘Avatar’ Inspired by Hindu Deities? YouTuber’s Take on the Spurs Debate

Last Updated: December 26, 2022, 09:40 ISTWas Avatar inspired by Hindu mythology? (Twitter screengrab)Were the residents of Pandora in James Cameron's 'Avatar' inspired by Hindu

mythology? YouTuber Sham Sharma's take causes debates on Twitter.YouTuber Sham Sharma who runs the channel 'The Sham Sharma Show' made a video about how James Cameron, the director

of the Avatar films, might have been inspired by Hindu deities and mythology, but it has caused some controversy on Twitter. The video titled 'Avatar | How India Is Inspiring

Hollywood And The World' talks about how the blue people in the films may have been inspired by deities that are depicted with blue bodies- think Ram, Krishna, Shiva. It also

discusses how Indian culture is appropriated by westerners.James Cameron, as cited in the video, did talk about how he was inspired by the entire Hindu pantheon and had even

considered making the blue people many-limbed but had ultimately decided against it as it might be "too specific". Visually inspired by Hindu deities and their depiction in blue,

would it be appropriate to say that the inspiration extends beyond that? The Avatar films are, after all, understood to be a depiction of a struggle between colonizers and

indigenous people. In fact, as per a Mashable report, Cameron said in 2010, "I didn't want to reference the Hindu religion so closely, but the subconscious association was

interesting, and I hope I haven't offended anyone in doing so."This is where Twitter users seem to have gotten into a bit of a scuffle.A drink which gives immortality is not

exclusively an Indian/Hindu concept though. The first mention of it was in the epic of Gilgamesh in 2000 BC. It's an often appearing theme in history. Can't claim it as a win for

“Indic texts”— Adnaan Naveet (@crapycrapcrap76) December 25, 2022Because of Greek, Roman and Japanese mythology, American pop culture inspiration has been given, woh log toh

naache toh bhi kam hai — Chaoticartist07 (@kalakaryash07) December 25, 2022Yeh aadmi aapne aap ko desi Joe Rogan samajta hai!— Gina Kholkar (@BabaJogeshwari) December 25,

2022Don't know about this character development but lot of inspiration is taken from India.— Tejas (@tepatankar) December 25, 2022But the inspiration is only being limited to

looks and names?Is that enough!—Subhadeep Ghosh (@Subhade91541311) December 25, 2022Where do you think the line should be drawn when it comes to talks about inspiration?Read all

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