Rebirth of India: Superior

This time Shakru will participate in the "First Changchun International Film Festival", which is also China's first international film festival. The more famous Shanghai International Film Festival was only founded a year later, in 1993, and The film festivals in Beijing and Macau only happened after 2000.

Although China has carried out reform and opening up in 1992, its international influence is still very low. International filmmakers generally do not know that such an international film festival is about to be held. Of course, even if they know, they may not necessarily How many people are willing to go? After all, in everyone's eyes, awards such as Hollywood, Cannes, and Venice are more attractive.

However, as an international film festival, it cannot be without foreign works, so the organizing committee is very troubled in inviting foreign films. It is unwilling to invite unknown films, but they are still unwilling to invite famous films. When they were worried, Lao Mouzi came up with a good idea, saying that he would When attending the David Awards in Italy, I met an Indian friend. His film "Bandit Queen" was also nominated for the best foreign language film. This reputation was definitely enough to participate in the infamous Changchun Film Festival, and at that time The two of them chatted quite happily, so they were quite confident that they could invite him over.

After review by the organizing committee, they found that this film is really suitable. The theme of the film is positive and healthy, reflecting the revolutionary spirit of the oppressed working people to rise up to resist. Moreover, it is adapted from real people and true events, and is not made up. Ingredients; the work has also been well received in the industry and was nominated for the best foreign language film known as the "Italian Oscar"; and China has a tradition of introducing Indian films in the past, and "Caravan" is also a household name in China. Therefore, the organizing committee decided to approve the invitation to "Bandit Queen" and asked Lao Mouzi to facilitate this matter.

In fact, the reputation of this Changchun International Film Festival is so bad that, needless to say, even Rajkummar is not willing to go. I felt that even if I won the award, it would be a waste of time. If I had the time, I might as well be filming "The Last Princess." However, Shakru was much more interested in this invitation. Although he was successful in India, he still considered himself a Chinese in his heart. Of course, he had no interest and no ability to serve China. What contribution does it make to its development? However, this did not affect his eagerness to return to China to have a look, especially this time it was Lao Mouzi who took the initiative to invite him. He couldn't help but think about how he could get Gong Li under his nose again when he arrived in China. I feel a little excited. It seems that what the ancients said is quite reasonable. It is better to steal a concubine. I don’t know if Lao Mouzi’s invitation to himself is considered to be luring the wolf into the house...

So Shakru flew to Beijing, China, with Seema Biswas, the female star of "Bandit Queen", Pavbolova and Sharapova, and then transferred to Changchun.

Naturally, those who greeted him at the airport were Lao Mouzi and Gong Li, who invited him, as well as a leader of the organizing committee. Lao Mouzi saw Shaklu getting off the plane. He was very excited. He had previously proposed to invite Shakru to attend the film festival. In fact, it was just a casual suggestion. Unexpectedly, the leader then regarded the matter as a political task and handed it over to him, which made him a little bit stuck. Well, after all, he and Shaklu just met each other once. Who knows if they can give him this face? Now I see Shaklu coming here in person. A big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground, so he was naturally extremely enthusiastic to see Shaklu!

Compared with Lao Mouzi. Gong Li's mood was very complicated. She always thought that the two would never meet again after the last indulgence in the theater bathroom. This indulgent experience was just an embellishment in life, but she did not expect that this time This enemy actually came to Changchun, and she was looking forward to it and nervous at the same time. The nervous thing was that she didn't know how to face this enemy. Should you make the same mistake again and again with him and enjoy the indulgent passion again, or should you avoid him to avoid making the same mistake again? But no matter what, in front of others, she must maintain a cold face towards Shakru.

The two groups of people met. Lao Mouzi took a step forward, held Shakru's hands tightly and said, "Mr. Pandit, thank you for coming all the way to attend the Changchun Film Festival."

"Mr. Zhang, you are just out of touch. We have been friends since we were in Italy. There is no need to be so polite between friends. Moreover, it is an honor for us that our company's film can participate in such a large-scale international award!" Shakru replied very politely.

Both Lao Mouzi and the accompanying leaders were very satisfied with Shakru's polite reply, so the leader said: "Mr. Pandit, you are too polite. We Chinese welcome friends most. Don't worry, this This trip to Changchun will definitely make you feel at home. ”

Lao Mouzi echoed: "Yes, yes, in order to receive Mr. Pandit well this time, the leaders specially hired an authentic Indian cuisine master. It is said that the curry is particularly good."

Shakru really felt a little upset about this preferential treatment. Although he had been here for several years, he still didn't like Indian food, especially the spicy taste of curry. He couldn't accept it at all, so he excused himself: "This It’s really too troublesome. In fact, I like Chinese food, especially Northeastern food, and I can cook two Northeastern dishes myself, so I must try the authentic Northeastern food this time and learn from it.”

Lao Mouzi asked in shock: "No way, Mr. Pandit, do you really know how to cook Northeastern cuisine?"

Shakru nodded and said, "Yes, I am very good at making three fresh vegetables. I will make it for you if I have a chance!"

Shakru's answer surprised the Chinese reception staff present. For example, the three fresh vegetables are a pure and authentic Northeastern dish. Not to mention foreigners, even people from other parts of China may not be able to name it. Many people's first impression of Northeastern cuisine is "pork stewed with vermicelli".

So for a while, the atmosphere was extremely harmonious, and everyone left the airport with laughter. This time, the organizing committee treated Shakru and other foreign guests with high standards. The accommodation was the Changchun Overseas Chinese Hotel, which was just built last year, that is, in 1991, and is located on the scenic Nanhu Lake. (The Overseas Chinese Hotel we see now was renovated in 2003, but it was already the best hotel in Changchun in 1992.)