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information he needs.

ls it okay?

- Thank you sir.

Sir, can l also talk to your

cinematographer Mr. William Derek?

When you talk about an Engishman,

you can't talk in Tamil?

You can talk to him

during the lunch break.

Come on, have some.

Thank you.

Here and in Bombay

we use Debri cameras.

ln Hollywood...

they have introduced

- an advanced

version of this Debri...

but it is not available here.

So, where can l get a camera from?

You can get it directly from London,

or you may go to Calcutta.

There is my colleague Mr Samuel

John who has a photography shop.

He can help you get the camera

and the accessories as well.

l have a request.

Could you wield the

camera for my film?

Oh sorry.

l am going back to London

after finishing this film.

Mr Samuel John will help you

find some other cinematographer.

All right. Thank you, sir.

ls it true that you are going

to make a movie, Daniel sir?.

True. lsn't it why l

became your disciple?

l just know how to run this film,

but l have no idea about the

technique behind making one.

When are you starting?

The camera and the

film have all been booked.

Will start as soon as they arrive.

Make a movie like this, Daniel sir.

Fed up with the Raman

andHanuman movies ...

- from Bombay and Madras

True... No mythology.

l must make my own story...

a social drama like this.

When l went to Bombay,

l saw this movie at

the Coronation theatre

l saw it here on the

release day as well.

Can't see enough of it, right?

Yes... Yes.

His name is Charlie Chaplin.

ln America, he draws more

crowds than the President.

He has such a fan-base.

- Really?

This is the machine

used to make movies.

What's in this box?

Don't open it now. That is film.

When we make the movie we

load it into the camera.

Haven't you seen photos

being taken? lt's just like that.

When do we start?

A lot of things need to be

done before that, Sundara.

First, l need to make a screen story.

lt's written in the

book called 'Photo Play.'

lt's called scenario.

The people from Bombay and

Madras mainly make mythologies.

We don't want that. First l thought...

it should be about the history of

our martial art form 'chilambattom.'

Malabar's 'kalarippayattu'

is well-known even in England.

lsn't our

'chilambattom' quite as good?

Yet who otherthan the folks of

South Travancore know about it?

lf we make a movie on it

we can show it to all.

But now l think we don't want that.

Why?

We'll make a social drama.

What?

Didn't you see Charlie

Chaplin's 'The Kid' the other day?

Like that.

Yeah, that will be great, Daniel.

What a fine movie!

We'll make one like it.

lsn't it a white man's story?

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