The celebrated Russian filmmaker Nikita Mikhalkov has said that Indian cinema has impacted him a lot and has greatly influenced his work. Addressing media at the International Film Festival of India, IFFI in Goa today, he said that Indian cinema is an entirely different planet for him. <br/><br/>Specially, the love and tenderness shown in the films of Raj Kapoor had influenced him since his childhood. Mr. Mikhalkov, the winner of 1995 Oscars for Best Foreign Film, also thanked the Indian Film festival directorate for conferring Lifetime Achievement Award upon him. He said, he feels proud being included in the list of distinguished personalities who have received the award previously.