Chapter 31: Ah San's Film Industry (Part 4)

New Delhi, the capital of India.

Situated on the west bank of the Yamuna River, a tributary of the Ganges, it is an inland city.

In the eyes of the third brother, Mumbai and New Delhi are international super metropolises, and Bangalore is the world's high-tech center second only to Silicon Valley in the United States!

Is India lagging behind? That's relative to the United States!

In the third brother's view, India is currently a quasi-superpower second only to the United States, although there are a few countries that are currently "slightly" ahead of the third brother, but the third brother is confident that "as long as there is democracy, it will definitely surpass" "the world's largest democracy", uphold the spirit of the tortoise and rabbit race, and firmly believe that it will eventually surpass like the turtle!

YouTube often has "Mumbai PK New York", "10 reasons why Mumbai is similar to New York", "New Delhi PK Tokyo", "New Delhi vs London"...

They kind of look down on China ...

It doesn't matter, not only Zhang Junsheng, but also Yuehua has no idea of developing in India!

India is probably the most bizarre country in the world, and Bollywood movies occupy 95% of the Indian film market all year round...

Data as an example, what is the Indian box office of "Avatar", which is popular all over the world?

2.42 million US dollars, of course, the reason for this is that the ticket price in India is cheap, which is converted into almost five yuan for a movie ticket...

Didn't make it to the top 10 at the box office...

Of course, in recent years, with the rise of the Indian market, Hollywood has increased its investment in the Indian market, and the effect is remarkable: last year, the popular "Avengers 3" finally ranked among the top five at the Indian box office, with a box office performance of nearly $30 million...

The reason why Yuehua has never had the idea of entering India is that there is no support in the most important national policies!

There is also no preferential treatment for co-productions on the Indian side.

They can produce more than 3,000 films a year...

Hollywood has to stand aside, let alone Chinese movies!

"The God of Medicine" arrives at Indira Gandhi International Airport, disembarks on the plane, takes the bus, and heads to the hotel where he is staying.

After looking at the scenery along the way, Zhang Junsheng asked: "... What do you think?"

Wang Bo sighed: "... I thought the movie was real!"

“… What really?"

Wang Bo shrugged: "Women all wear scarves, and they are all beautiful..."

There weren't a few women in scarves, just linen, and they were dirty...

"You think too much! India is very poor..."

After thinking about it, Zhang Junsheng added by the way: "And sex workers in India don't need safety checks, which means that they are likely to be AIDS carriers, so..."

“… Even if you have Ajaye Deugan as a guide, you are not allowed to go, don't embarrass the Chinese!"

"Don't worry, we won't!"

The accompanying photographer sighed: "I still want to go to Kolkata!"

Kolkata, very famous, because of a documentary "Prostitutes in Kolkata", the largest red light district in all of Asia!

There are nearly 14,000 prostitutes, some of whom have been trafficked from all over India, including underage girls, the youngest of whom is less than 12 years old, according to locals...

It's very tempting for those who engage in art, and maybe you can find the real humanity over there...

Of course, it is also possible to be killed...

“… Be honest with me, let's just travel for a week, and when it's over, get out of here!"

"Okay!"

……

Ajaye Deugan, an excellent actor in Bollywood, usually his salary for a movie is 200 million rupees, close to 20 million yuan...

However, "I Am Not the God of Medicine" approached him, and he only received 1 million...

After all, this is the work of director Zhang Junsheng, and his image in the play is very good!

Ajaye Deugan, the most famous work should be "Manslaughter"...

It's the movie where the unlucky kid wants to molest his classmates, and then he is discovered by the classmate's mother, he wants to kill two birds with one stone, and then he is beaten to death with a stick...

It's understandable that the unlucky child's choice is, after all, compared to her classmates, her mother is indeed a little more qualitative...

Ahem...

The hotel where we stayed was the five-star Hilton Hotel, which housed a Hong Kong chef.

is also a Chinese, and when they met, he began to complain about how bad Indians are!

"Indians like to take advantage of small things, and they especially like to ask people for things, as long as they like it, ask you directly. ”

"India, unlike China, has not received an education of propriety, righteousness and shame..."

Zhang Junsheng interrupted him: "I want to know how the film industry is in India?"

"You don't want to develop films in India, do you?"

“… Can't you?"

“… Let me tell you this, in the heyday of Hong Kong films, Jackie Chan couldn't enter the Indian market!"

Wang Bo was a little surprised: "So xenophobic?"

“… It can't be said that they are xenophobic, they have too many races!"

"To tell you something you may not know, housing prices here reached the level of Hong Kong seven or eight years ago, but the per capita income is only 1/10 of that of Hong Kong. ”

“… No, we're here to make a movie... Can you tell us a little bit about the film industry in India?"

"This, I don't know..."

Zhang Junsheng shook his head speechlessly - after drying this cup of Ganges water, he will still be an Indian in the next life...

……

Many people will directly equate Bollywood with Indian cinema, but in fact, Bollywood is just a branch of Indian cinema, and in terms of production, it is not even a major branch.

What we usually call Bollywood movies generally refers to generalized Hindi films with Mumbai as the production center, because India is a multi-religious and multicultural country, and the languages spoken in different parts of the country are also very different, and movies shot in Telugu and Tamil are called "Tollywood" and "Cowlywood" movies.

These films, which were shot in various Indian languages, constitute the whole of Indian cinema, but Bollywood is indeed one of the most Indian branches.

Hollywood is menacing, and Bollywood no longer has enough confidence and advantages as in the past.

When the six major Hollywood companies found that the "frontal attack" was not effective, they began the strategy of curve occupation, by setting up subsidiaries in India and investing in the production of Bollywood-style films to occupy the market, many of which were directly remade in India by Hollywood companies themselves.

For example, "Thrilling Spy" is a remake of Twentieth Century Fox's own production of "Dangerous Spy War" invested and remade by Twentieth Century Fox's Indian subsidiary.

While looking at the information, Zhang Junsheng made a phone call...

Yes, the Indian market is difficult to occupy, but it is a market with unlimited potential!

More than 500 million moviegoers, surpassing South Korea and becoming the world's fifth largest film market...

Just let it go in vain, I'm really unwilling!

"Is "The Wandering Earth" released in India?"