Chennai, Aug 17 (TIWN) Tamil filmmaker Pa. Ranjith, whose period sports action film 'Sarpatta Parambarai' has been streaming on Amazon Prime, says cross-regional collaborations will trigger the growth of a "new wave" of Indian cinema.

The filmmaker, who had announced plans to direct his first Hindi film on the life of the freedom fighter Birsa Munda, said in a chat with IANS: "South Indian films, especially Tamil and Malayalam movies, have always been special because of their progressive content. Also, the storytelling formats and quality and the technical aspects of South Indian movies are very good. I believe that with this collaboration (with Amazon Prime), we are creating a new wave of cinema."