Chapter 50: The Caste Reduction System

After reading the script carefully, Lakuma said cautiously, "Well, dear Mr. Pandit"

Before he could finish speaking, Shakru interrupted: "There is no need to talk so verbose in the company, you can just call me boss, and you are an expert in filming movies, so if you have any questions, just ask." ”

Hearing Shakru's words, Rakuma calmed down a little and said: "Boss, the script you chose is really good, you don't need to look at the content, just with this name and the name of Pran David, the box office of this movie is enough to guarantee, and I believe that the income in the overseas market will definitely be higher than that in China, but there is a problem that is difficult to solve." ”

Shakru said disapprehantly: "You're also worried about whether you can pass the censorship, right?" It's okay, it's a big deal to show it abroad first. ”

Lakuma shook his head and said, "No, boss, I'm not worried about censorship, I'm worried about actors." ”

Shakru asked in some surprise, "Actor?" Is there anything wrong with the actors? We don't need big-name actors in this play, and Pran Davy is a Dalit, so it's okay to find a Dalit actress with good acting skills, is it hard to find? ”

"Boss, since you also know the caste reduction system, it's easy to do. Actually, I'm not worried about the starring role, so I have a few acting actresses who don't limit caste or appearance, and I'm worried about the supporting roles, although they don't have many appearances, but these roles are essential, but the problem is that such actors can't be found at all. Rakuma explained with a sad face.

"Which supporting characters are so troublesome?"

"It's the twenty or so high-caste dead who were killed by Prandavi."

As soon as Lakuma said this, Shakru immediately understood what he meant. In India, even making movies is affected by the caste system, which is simply a caste reduction system, which means that what caste actor you are, you can only play the role of what caste, for example, if you are a Kshatriya caste, then you cannot play the role of a Brahmin.

In general movies, even if the high-caste characters are bad guys, they are also very glamorous bad guys, but in this play, there need to be more than 20 high-caste dead, and they have to be killed by Dalit in a very humiliating way.

Although the roles of these characters are not heavy, but they are indispensable, without their bullying and insults, they can't reflect the oppression of Prandavy, and there is no way to give the audience a sense of release when killing them.

But fortunately, there is a workaround in the Indian film industry, so Shakru said: "Well, can't you find ****** actors for these roles?" "In the Indian entertainment industry, many actors are ******, and even many of them are film families, which is the reason for inheritance, and the second is that ****** actors are not restricted by the caste reduction system in their roles and can play at will, so this is a very common workaround.

Lakuma shook his head and said, "I guess it's enough, after all, Prandavy is a Dalit, even if he is a ****** actor, he may not be able to agree." ”

Shakru was also worried: "What should I do then?" ”

Rakuma thought for a moment, and then said: "Boss, you have a way abroad, you really can't hire a few actors abroad, and I'll ask ****** actors again to see if you agree to play at a high price." ”

Sha Keru sighed and said: "Hey, that's the only way to go, but this trick can be dealt with, the leading actor must find good acting skills, this is our company's first work, we must shoot it well." ”

Rakuma nodded and said, "Boss, don't worry, I will definitely do this well!" But can I set up my own film crew? I have a few old friends, although not very famous, but they are all veterans, and we have always worked together very well, so I wanted to invite them all. ”

Shakru waved his hand and said: "I will not interfere with you in this regard, the entire director team and the cast team are controlled by you, and if this drama performs well, I will sign them all, and guarantee that the salary will definitely satisfy you." But if the performance dissatisfies me or I find out that there is a phenomenon of indiscriminate filling, then you don't blame me for not being emotional. ”

Lakuma replied again and again: "Don't worry, you can rest assured, I will be strict with the checks, there will be no indiscriminate filling, and I will do my best to shoot this drama well." ”

Shakru believes that what Rakuma said is the truth, because this opportunity is too rare for him, if he messes up the movie for small profits this time, then there will be no one to invest in movies in the future.

It turns out that the strength of these people found by Rakuma is not bad, and there is actually a camera that helped Rakuma and Shakru solve the most troublesome problem for them, that is, the actors of the high-caste deceased, he hired several ****** actors directly from neighboring Pakistan, and this performance made Shakru very satisfied.

After this problem was solved, the preparatory work of the entire film crew was also on track, and just when Shakru felt that there should be no more obstacles to the shooting, Rakuma brought another bad news: "Boss, now we have encountered a very difficult problem, there is no nearby village willing to cooperate with us to shoot this film." ”

Shakrucci said, "Why don't you cooperate?" Is the venue fee we give too little? ”

Rakuma shook his head and said, "Boss, it's not a matter of venue fees, but because we made this movie to promote Prandavi, those landlords are resolutely not allowed to praise the untouchables who dare to kill the upper castes on their land." ”

Since India has never carried out an agrarian revolution, more than 80 percent of the rural land is owned by the local high-caste landlords, and in order to maintain their privileges and status, these people naturally will never tolerate the appearance of apostates like Prandavi, let alone help publicize her deeds, so it is inevitable that they will encounter this phenomenon when selecting the scene.

Although he was very depressed about this situation, Shakru also understood the choices of these landlords, and if he was in the position of those landlords, he would not agree, so he had to say depressedly: "That, Rakuma, you shoot other parts first, I will think of a way to solve the problem of this venue." ”