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At the beginning of November, it took 4 days to audition. Except for the actor Lancher's Amir Khan, who had not entered the crew in the field, all the large and small roles in the movie were already in place.As for the background boards of passers-by who have no lines, naturally, there is no need to find extra. With so many people behind the scenes, it is definitely more than enough to only use guest appearances.

In the next week, Lehmann, apart from letting the determined actors familiarize themselves with the script and practice the opposite, was to find a location.

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

The first one to examine is the poor and dilapidated family in Raja.

The group of people gathered together and began field surveys.

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

This made Lehmann who looked out of the car window all the way extremely frightened. He seemed to be sitting on a time shuttle, directly from one world to the other.

It’s hard to imagine that if you step back a few minutes, it’s still the modern prosperity with tall buildings and people flowing like weaving; but now, the sky is full of rubbish everywhere, and the road is directly turned into a dirt road, and the raised dust can cover people. Sight.

The surrounding houses are all very low and arranged in disorder, looking like dilapidated houses that should be abandoned.

All kinds of things are stacked in the passage between the houses, making it difficult for pedestrians to get off their feet.

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

"Yes." Dejean Kumar had already covered his mouth and nose with a scarf and replied vaguely.He originally suggested that Lehman set the scene to shoot, but he refused and insisted on real shooting.No way, he had to follow here.

Seeing large swarms of flies flying here, and an inexplicable smell mixed in the muddy air, he almost broke down.

The group walked for about less than two minutes and arrived at the house negotiated with the owner in advance.

Lehmann stood at the door, gestured, and Dejean Kumar went in to communicate.

After a while, everyone entered this room.

The wooden door squeaked open, and Lehman began to look carefully at this location—the so-called “family apprentice” walls are probably like this. The whole room is not small, there are four rooms, but there are few furniture. Decorated, there is a stacked wooden bed on each side of the room, and a thin layer of bed sheets are stacked on the bed messily, exposing the mat below; and the hall where they are only has a very low wooden table, one There are no stool-style seats, and they are placed alone in the direction of the kitchen.

Lehman, Thomas, Dejean Kumar and two Eros International staff, one as a driver and the other as a handyman, stood in the house like this.

Because of the poor location of the house, the outside sunlight basically does not get in. Therefore, even if it is still in broad daylight, the house is not bright and gray.

And because the kitchen stove was about 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.After they came in, the two of them began to busily fetch water and make tea for them at a well behind the aisle, very enthusiastic.

"Thank you." The middle-aged man carefully offered the carefully boiled milk tea, and Lehmann 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 still want to see the next house?" Djean-Kulma didn't drink milk tea, and just watched from the side. At this time, seeing Lehmann and others have finished visiting the house, he asked.

"Just this one, tell them whether you want to act or not, because Laga's family also needs actors to play." Lehman put down the milk tea after drinking, handed the cup back to the owner, and responded.

Dejean Kumar went to communicate, but Lehmann took Thomas along the way he came and went outside.

He hadn't been in contact with such a place before, nor had Thomas, they needed to see more.

Unconsciously, after leaving the alley, he came to a river.

The river has been covered by a large amount of rubbish, and the drainage holes continue to dump sewage into it, and sometimes pedestrians dump the rubbish in the trash can.

There was a foul smell in the air, a smell similar to rotten fermentation.

This kind of smell subconsciously made Thomas cover his mouth and nose, but Lyman who was silent on the side spoke, "Thomas, have you seen it?" His voice was low, "I want to use a documentary texture to tell. Laga’s story, his family, and his misfortunes truly present every detail. So I hope the lens can show the graininess of life, the color is best black and white, just like the silent films in the past, there is a kind of deduction The dramatic texture."

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

Therefore, it is good for him to talk to Thomas more during the filming of this movie.

Speaking of his professionalism in videography, Thomas’s attention quickly became concentrated, and he even forgot that he was beside the trash river. "You mean to give up color completely and increase the black and white texture of silent film to show the conflict of the plot. ."

Lehman nodded and agreed with Thomas’ thoughts, “Yes, this kind of dramatic conflict, deliberately created by humans, will also be a wonderful turning point.” This is indeed Lehman’s mind about Laga’s story. The effect achieved.

"You can think about it yourself, and you can even watch some old movies 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 looked at everything around him silently, and some ragged children began to look at the two curiously, because their temperament was completely incompatible.

Lehman also discovered this situation.

Looking at them with hope and eagerness by the black and white eyes, the envy in their eyes showed little by little; she was thin and dark, raised her head and looked at them...

He suddenly felt that this land was like a road yoke, which deeply bound the people here, no matter how hard they struggled, they could not get rid of it.This is 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 close by.Another group of children who hadn't come with him in the distance saw it, and rushed up in a swarm, quickly surrounding the two.

A densely packed arm stretched out towards the two of them. Thomas saw this scene, just like Lyman was stunned, and didn't even think about running.

The children who had received the money in the front saw this and wanted to leave first. They ran, and a group of them quickly followed up, while the rest still stretched out anxiously and refused to leave.

When Dejean Kumar came out of the alley, what he saw was this scene.

He didn't hesitate, and walked over quickly, taking out a few notes while saying something loudly in Hindi.

Then, he gave the money to a few children at random, but after a short while, the densely enclosed crowd dispersed in all directions.

"Mr. Lehmann, what's the matter with you?" Dejean Kumar asked suspiciously: "Are you showing kindness here? They will not appreciate it and will only make things worse."

After experiencing what just happened, Lehman also had some palpitations, "I see."

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

The principal is a reasonable person. He knew what Lehman and others came from, and he happily agreed that the crew could film here.

But one thing is that it should not disturb normal teaching in the school.

In other words, the crew can only come to film on holidays or holidays.

After the two parties negotiated, they agreed to the principal's request.Campus scenes? You can film them together, but there is no need to follow the story line step by step.

You can't shoot in school, you can also shoot other scenes first, this does not conflict.

In the next two days, Amir Khan also rushed to Bollywood.

After Lehman met him in the Eros International Pictures Building, he officially talked about the role of Rancher.

Amir-Khan seemed very interested. After all, the French went to India to make movies. It was still an Indian story. It was the first time he met him.

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

The pay is 10 million rupees, which is about 500,000 euros.This is already considered to be a good match for his worth. Although he debuted for some years, he has not participated in too many movies. The popularity is far not as high as that of later generations. Moreover, there are problems in exchange rate conversion, but in general In other words, he is still the highest paid person in the movie. For the same starring actors, Raja's salary is only 80,000 euros, and the rest is even less.The total expenditure on actors is controlled at around 900,000 euros.

The numerous preparations, and with the successful joining of Amir Khan, completed the entire preparatory work.