Caminho das Índias


Caminho das Índias is a Brazilian primetime telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo from 19 January to 11 September 2009, with 203 episodes.
Written by Glória Perez, directed by Marcos Schechtman. Starring Juliana Paes, Rodrigo Lombardi, Letícia Sabatella, Tânia Khallil, Débora Bloch, Alexandre Borges and Bruno Gagliasso.
The plot examines the differences in beliefs and values of the Eastern and Western world. Shot on location in India and Rio de Janeiro, it was Globo's first winning telenovela at the International Emmy Awards.
WWW caminhodasindias.globo.co...

Overview

The title can be interpreted in two ways: it is Portuguese for "Route to the Indies" or "India's Way". The story is set during India's transition into a modern democracy, mostly in the period of the 1990s to 2000s, with many prominent flashbacks to the 1950s and 1970s. The story is equally divided between continents, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Rajasthan, India, with some scenes in Dubai. Themes include love, reason, sanity, insanity, and tradition versus modernity. The story highlights the contrasts of values and belief systems in the West and the East, told through families, their friends, and the complex mesh of relationships which connect them.

Plot

One of the main plot points is a forbidden love between castes. Maya, a charming call-centre employee in Rajasthan, comes from the Vaishya trader caste. While her parents try to arrange a marriage for her, she falls in love with Bahuan, which she declares to her parents. She does not understand Bahuan's misgivings until learning that he is the orphaned son of Dalit servants who were burned at the stake for accidentally touching their master's shadow. They plan a future together while her parents arrange a marriage to Raj Ananda, and Bahuan works toward his career, eventually becoming a partner in a Brazilian company.
Meanwhile, Raj falls in love with Brazilian Duda, who initially fights for Raj's affections but the cultural conflicts exhaust and disillusion her, and she turns away from Raj for a new love. Ravi then falls in love with a Brazilian woman, Camilla. As she tries to adapt to Hindu culture, she provokes conflict in the Ananda family of tradespeople, as Raj's younger sister Shanti aspires to become educated and eschews the traditional roles for women favoured by her mother. Ravi and Camilla eventually marry.

Production

Locations

Artistic and general director Marcos Schechtman and director Fred Mayrink traveled to India to write the telenovela's first scenes, which began filming on 1 October 2008 in the cities of Jaipur and Agra. In addition to 40 people from the Brazilian team, the telenovela had partnered with a local producer. The modern architecture of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, also served as filming locations for the show at the end of October.

Sets and art direction

In order to recreate the environment for the story, three-city sets were constructed at Projac in Rio de Janeiro, totalling. One of these sets imitates the typical architecture of the Lapa neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while the other two attempt to recreate features of the Indian state of Rajasthan.
Using the cities of Jaipur, Jodhpur and Mumbai as references, the art director built 42 shops and a temple of Shiva, in addition to the street façade for a movie theater, and terracota-colored households of the four main Indian families of the story. One of the margins of the Ganges was also reproduced, through an artificial lake built near the entrance of the studio complex.
The art production team, led by Mario Monteiro, attempted to reproduce an Indian universe on camera. The Indian core of the telenovela received a very colorful ambiance, with Hindi inscriptions, in comparison to the clean aesthetics of the Brazilian scenarios. The sets were dressed with Indian items which were purchased or reproduced, and vehicles used in India were built by the team to fill the street of the artificial city.
The wardrobe was also carefully studied by Emilia Duncan. Women's traditional clothes, such as the sari were recreated, although with a bit of poetic license, thus bringing some clothing usually used in rituals for the everyday wearing.

Cast

ActorCharacter
Karina FerrariAnusha Ananda
Cadu PaschoalHari Hitid
Laura BarretoLalit
Nahuana CostaMalika

ActorCharacter
Sidney SantiagoAdemir
Brendha HaddadRani Meetha
Vitória FrateJúlia Cadore
Márcio VitoRamu Hitid

ActorCharacter
Vera FischerChiara
Eva TodorCidinha
Elias GleizerSenhor Cadore
Murilo RosaLucas Garrido
Maitê ProençaFernanda Estevanato
Guilherme Zaidenas himself

;Invited Actresses
ActorCharacter
Laura CardosoLaksmi Ananda
Jandira MartiniPuja Hitid
Eliane GiardiniIndira Ananda
Nívea MariaKochi Meetha

ActorCharacter
Osmar PradoManu Meetha
José de AbreuSacerdote Pandit
Flávio MigliaccioKaran Ananda

Lima Duarte as "Shankar Sundrani"
Stênio Garcia as "Dr. Castanho"
Tony Ramos as "Opash Ananda"

Soundtrack

Caminho das Índias vol. 1, ''National''

Cover: Juliana Paes
  1. Beedi – Sukhwinder Singh & Sunidhi Chauhan
  2. Eu Nasci Há Dez Mil Anos Atrás – Nando Reis
  3. Pára-Raio – Skank
  4. Uma Prova De Amor – Zeca Pagodinho
  5. Vamos Fugir – Gilberto Gil
  6. Ela Disse – Marcelo D2
  7. Memórias – Pitty
  8. Martelo Bigorna – Lenine
  9. Nada Por Mim – Paula Toller
  10. Alma – Zélia Duncan
  11. Sob Medida – Isabella Taviani
  12. Lembra De Mim – Emílio Santiago
  13. Amor, Meu Grande Amor – Ângela Rô Rô
  14. Não Se Esqueça De Mim – Nana Caymmi & Erasmo Carlos
  15. Feliz – Gonzaguinha
  16. O Vento Vai Responder – Zé Ramalho
  17. Dois pra lá, dois pra cá – Elis Regina
  18. Até Quem Sabe – Nara Leão
  19. Sufoco da Vida – Harmonia Enlouquece
  20. Você Não Vale Nada – Calcinha Preta

Caminho das Índias vol. 2, ''Indian''

  1. Beedi Jalaile – Sunidhi Chauhan, Sukhwinder Singh, Nachiketa Chakraborty and Clinton Cerejo
  2. Kajra Re – Alisha Chinai, Shankar Mahadevan and Javed Ali
  3. Nagada Nagada – Sonu Nigam and Javed Ali
  4. Sajna Ve Sajna – Sunidhi Chauhan
  5. Main Vari Vari – Kavita Krishnamurti and Reena Bhardwaj
  6. Mast Kalandar – Sunidhi Chauhan
  7. Chori Chori Hum Gori Se – Abhijeet and Udit Narayan
  8. Salaam-E-Ishq – Sonu Nigam and Shreya Ghoshal
  9. Salaam – Alka Yagnik
  10. Azeem-O-Shaan Shahenshah – Mohammed Aslam, Javed Akhtar and Bonnie Chakraborty
  11. Bangra Jaya – Alexandre de Faria

Caminho das Índias vol. 3, ''Lapa''

Cover: Juliana Alves
  1. Eu vou pra Lapa – Alcione
  2. Malandro é malandro, mané é mané – Diogo Nogueira
  3. Só faltou você Lado a Lado B – Leandro Sapucahy
  4. Vaso Ruim – Casuarina
  5. Tristeza Pé no Chão – Teresa Cristina & Grupo Semente
  6. Amor de verdade – Beth Carvalho
  7. Errei – Sururu na Roda
  8. Pretinha Jóia Rara – Moyseis Marques
  9. Em Desfile Chatos – Jota Canalha
  10. Sal e Pimenta – Gabriel o Pensador
  11. Puro êxtase – Barão Vermelho
  12. Anjo da madrugada – Babi Xavier
  13. Lourinha Bombril – Bangalafumenga
  14. Legal, Vou ficar – Quatro Fatos
  15. Põe aê uma música – DJ Alex Guedes
  16. Uma flor uma raiz – Fino
  17. Coletivo Mezcla – Riosalsa

Caminho das Índias vol. 4, ''International''

  1. "Halo" – Beyoncé
  2. "Thinking of You" – Katy Perry
  3. Orishas – Público
  4. "Never Gonna Be Alone" – Nickelback
  5. Tip of My Tongue – Something Sally feat. Joss Stone
  6. Small Talk – Ovi
  7. To Love you All Over Again – Madeleine Peyroux
  8. "Sober" – Pink
  9. "Use Somebody" – Kings of Leon
  10. Lies – McFly
  11. Madly – Tristan Prettyman
  12. Quando e se – Ari Hest
  13. Lay Lady Lay – Dan
  14. I'm in the Mood for Love – Daniel Boaventura
  15. All the Way – Ronaldo Canto e Mello
  16. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – Oséas

Caminho das Índias vol. 5, ''Instrumental''

  1. Os portais do Taj Mahal – Alexandre de Faria
  2. Tema de Maya e Bahuan – Alexandre de Faria
  3. Quase um Intocável – Alexandre de Faria
  4. Caminho das Índias – Alexandre de Faria
  5. Nos passos de Shankar – Alexandre de Faria
  6. Meu Salaam – Alexandre de Faria
  7. Meditação e Karma – Alexandre de Faria
  8. Re Tchori – Alexandre de Faria
  9. Habanera para Tarso – Alexandre de Faria
  10. Maxixe Chorado – Alexandre de Faria
  11. Uma Canção sem Palavras – Alexandre de Faria
  12. Tango da Ausência – Alexandre de Faria
  13. Berceuse pour un Nuit – Alexandre de Faria
  14. Toda Levada – Alexandre de Faria

Awards

In November 2009, Caminho das Índias was recognized as Best Telenovela in the 2009 International Emmy Awards.
In Brazil, it won four awards for Best Telenovela.
The cast won several awards.
Bruno Gagliasso won five awards for Best Supporting Actor.
Dira Paes won four awards for Best Supporting Actress.
Rodrigo Lombardi won two awards for Best Actor.
Juliana Paes won one award for Best Actress.