La Grande-Motte, its pyramid-shaped buildings designed by the architect Jean Balladur (1934-2002), its giant maritime pines, the Mediterranean and its blond sand. The setting of this flagship seaside resort in Hérault, near Montpellier, is the scene, on April 2, of an unusual scene: the filming of the film Rangula Kolatam, by Indian director Abhiram Pilla, in Telugu, the language spoken in Telangana, a state in southern India.
A corner of the terrace of Le Repaire, a restaurant located in the Point-Zéro district, serves as an open-air studio for this mainstream comedy. Two cameras film a scene between female characters, seated around a plate of red mullet. Several of the protagonists leave the frame. End of sequence.
Dressed in a purple salwar kameez, traditional Indian tunic and loose pants, actress Jhansi Laxmi, who plays a single woman on the go, sips a glass of white wine while waiting for the next shot. Behind the scenes, behind two stretched canvases, the editor is busy, in a hurry. With his eyes glued to two screens, he watches, with headphones on, the scenes filmed the day before. Made in record time, between March 21 and April 8, in Occitanie, the film will be released in cinemas in India in May, and will be available on the Amazon Prime platform, a month later.
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Originally published at Almouwatin.com
