Legendary Hollywood Director

At the beginning of November, it took 4 days to audition. Except for Aamir Khan, who played the actor Rancher, he still did not enter the crew in other places, and all the roles in the movie were already in place. As for the background boards of passers-by who don't have lines, naturally there is no need to look for them additionally. With so many behind-the-scenes people in the crew, it is definitely more than enough to use them only for cameo appearances.

In the following week, in addition to letting the confirmed actors familiarize themselves with each other's script and practicing the pairing, Lehman went to find the location.

Eros International Pictures has found several suitable targets, and Lehmann needs to choose and confirm.

The first one to investigate is the poor and shabby family in the play Laga.

After the group assembled, they began to survey the scene.

Only less than an hour's drive from Bollywood, the surrounding scene suddenly began to run down.

This made Leiman, who was looking out of the car window all the way, startled. He seemed to be in a time-space shuttle and went directly from one world to another.

It’s hard to imagine that if you step back for a few minutes, you will still see the modern prosperity with high-rise buildings and crowds; but now, garbage can be seen everywhere, and the roads have turned into dirt roads, and the dust raised can cover people. sight.

The surrounding houses are all low and cluttered, looking like dilapidated houses that should be abandoned.

All kinds of things are piled up on the passages between the houses, making it difficult for pedestrians to get down.

It's in here, isn't it? After the group reached a slum in Mumbai, they abandoned their vehicles and started walking.

Yes. Dijan Kumar had already covered his mouth and nose with a gauze, and answered vaguely. He originally suggested that Lehmann set the scene to shoot, but he refused and insisted on shooting on location. No way, he had to follow here.

Seeing a large number of flies flying here, and an indescribable odor mixed in the turbid air, he was about to collapse.

The group walked for about two minutes before arriving at the house that had been negotiated with the owner in advance.

Lehman stood at the door and gestured, and Dijan Kumar went first to communicate.

After a while, everyone entered the room.

The wooden door creaked open, and Lehmann began to look carefully at the location—the so-called four walls of the family are probably like this. Decorated, there is a stacked wooden bed in each room on both sides, a thin layer of sheets is piled up in disorder on the bed, revealing the mat below; and in the hall where they are located, there is only a very short wooden table, a There are no stool-style seats, and they are placed alone along the direction of the kitchen.

Lehman, Thomas, Dijan Kumar, and two Eros International staff, one serving as a driver and the other doing chores, five people stood in the room like this.

Due to the poor geographical location of the house, the sunlight from the outside is basically unable to penetrate, so even if it is still broad day, the interior of the house is not bright and gray.

And because the kitchen stove was going to burn, the surrounding walls were also blackened.

The owner of the house is a thin middle-aged man, and he has an equally thin wife. Since they came in, the two have been busy at a well at the back of the aisle, brewing tea for them, and they are very enthusiastic.

Thank you. The middle-aged man carefully offered the carefully brewed milk tea, and Laiman took it and thanked him politely.

For the owner of the house, he could not understand what Lehman and others said, but he could feel the kindness, so his face was also full of smiles.

Do you want to see the next house? Dijon-Kurma didn't drink milk tea and just watched from the side. At this time, seeing Leiman and others finished visiting the house, he asked.

Just this one, tell them if you want to act or not,

It just so happens that Laga's family also needs actors to play. Lyman put down the milk tea he had finished drinking, handed the cup back to the owner of the house, and responded.

Dijan Kumar went to communicate, but Lehman took Thomas to the outside along the way he came.

He hadn't been exposed to this kind of place before, and neither had Thomas, and they needed to see more.

Unconsciously, after exiting the alley, I came to a river.

The river has been covered with a large amount of garbage, the drainage holes are still pouring sewage into it, and occasionally there are pedestrians pouring garbage in the garbage cans.

There was a foul stench in the air, something like rotting fermentation.

This smell made Thomas cover his mouth and nose subconsciously, but Lyman, who was silent on the side, said, Thomas, did you see it? His voice was low, I want to use a documentary quality to tell the story. Raja's story, his family, his misfortune, and every detail is presented realistically. So I hope that the lens can show the graininess of life, and the color is preferably black and white, just like the silent films in the past, there is a deductive style theatrical quality.”

Someone once said that a movie is like a person, the director is the brain, the screenwriter is the spine, the actors are flesh and blood, the visual effects are the body, and the cameraman is the eyes. Perhaps this description is not completely accurate, but it can also be seen that teamwork during film production is very important. The importance of the cameraman to the director is really like the eye can clearly deconstruct the image in the director's mind, and even complete the director's intention according to his own understanding to achieve better results.

So, during the making of this film, it was in his interest to have a lot of communication with Thomas.

Speaking of his professionalism in photography, Thomas quickly focused his attention and even forgot that he was beside a river of garbage, You mean to give up color completely and increase the black-and-white texture like a silent film to show the conflicting meaning of the plot. .

Lehman nodded and agreed with Thomas' idea, Yes, this kind of dramatic conflict, artificially created, will also be a wonderful turning point. effect achieved.

Think about it yourself, and even watch some old movies from the past to capture the feeling of shooting.

Thomas smirked, and he could see that Lyman's words were for his own good, I will.

No more words, Lehman silently looked at everything around him, and some ragged children began to approach the two of them curiously, because their temperament was completely unacceptable here.

Lyman also found this to be the case.

Looking at them eagerly and eagerly by those black and white eyes, the envy in his eyes revealed little by little; his body was thin and his skin was dark, and he raised his head and looked at them...

He suddenly felt that this land was like a shackle, deeply shackled the people here, no matter how hard they struggled, they couldn't get rid of it. It's like an independent world, cursed.

Seeing this scene, Lyman sighed. He took out a large amount of change from his pocket and distributed it to the children who were approaching. Another group of children in the distance who didn't follow saw it, and they rushed up in an instant, and soon surrounded the two of them.

A dense array of arms stretched out towards the two of them. Thomas saw this scene and was stunned in the same place as Leiman, not even thinking about running.

The children who got the money in front of them saw this scene and wanted to leave first. They ran, and a group of people quickly chased after them, while the rest still stretched out their hands anxiously and refused to leave.

This is what Dijang Kumar saw when he came out of the alley.

He didn't hesitate, walked over quickly, took out a few banknotes, and said something loudly in Hindi.

Then, he gave the money to a few children at random, but after a while, the densely packed crowd dispersed.

Mr. Lehman, what's the matter with you? Dijan Kumar asked suspiciously: You show kindness here? They don't appreciate it and will only make things worse.

After going through what just happened, Lyman also had some heart palpitations, I see.

The group then went to a university for inspection, which was much better, making people feel like they were back in modern society.

The principal is a reasonable person. He knew the intention of Lehman and others, and he happily agreed that the crew could shoot here.

But one thing, can not disturb the normal teaching in the school.

In other words, the crew can only come to shoot on days off or during holidays.

After the two sides negotiated, they agreed to the principal's request. Is it a campus scene? You can focus on shooting together, but there is no need to follow the story line step by step.

You can't shoot at school, you can also shoot other scenes first, it's not a conflict.

Over the next two days, Aamir Khan also arrived in Bollywood.

After meeting him at the Eros International Film Building, Lehmann formally interviewed him about the role of Lancher.

Aamir Khan seemed very interested. After all, the French went to India to make a movie, and it was an Indian-themed story. It was the first time he met.

After seeing the rough script of the character, he expressed his willingness to take over the film project.

The salary is 10 million rupees, which is about 500,000 euros. This is already a good match for his worth. Although he has been in his debut for some years, he has not participated in too many movies, his popularity is far less than that of later generations, and there are still exchange rate conversion issues, but in general In other words, he is still the one with the highest salary in the movie. For the same leading actors, Laga's salary is only 80,000 euros, and the rest is even less. The total cost of actors is controlled at around 900,000 euros.

Thousands of preparatory work, and with the successful addition of Aamir Khan, the entire preparatory work was completed.