JAIPUR
Hot off the plane to Jaipur (via a 7 hour stop off in the traffic of 6am-smog-opolis, Mumbai), I was taken to the production offices. Arriving by taxi, I was driven to a hotel on the other side of the Pink City. Through the giant pink gates of the old town there were a number of the city’s most beautiful buildings. From the colonial Albert museum to the sandstone beehive of the Hawa Mahal, the city is full of buildings that have vibrancy and contrast to makes Jaipur exotic even by Indian standards.
If it was a safari, I could have gone home after seeing a camel, a wild pig and an elephant in the streets within the first 10 minutes.
However, the real reason for visiting this cinematic city is to act as a script supervisor on the film UTOPIA with Word Film production company… and the very real incentive of curry for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The film involves The story of Janan, an Afghani woman, who is given permission to travel to the UK undergo fertility treatment.
Pursued by an obsessive sperm-donor, we find her in Jaipur, where she is adopted by Rahul, the reluctant taxi driver.
Isn’t that clearer? If you require more of an overview to appease your interests more info can be found on the film’s website and Facebook pages.
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| Hawa Mahal |
Having spent the past couple of days hiding in odd areas of a film-set revising script editions and keeping continutiy, I have found the odd spare moment to abuse my charge of the continuity-stills camera and take some “holiday snaps”. I aim to keep more of a production log on this website if I find the time and the internet to keep uploading my finds on a regular basis.
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| Scene one. Scene one. Take one. Day one. |
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| Painted Indian Elephant |
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| The taxi being given directions. |
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| The doorman to the hotel and his cameao. |
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| Hiding from hailstones |
