Paul's Fall (Shaina Anand)

Paul's Fall

Director: Shaina Anand

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Footage from WI City TV, which was a pirate cable TV channel that ran in Shivaji Nagar, Bangalore in November 2005. Paul Keller falls in love with Shivaji Nagar. He bikes around clicking photographs of cows, painted signs and 'good question' posters from the World Info poster campaign. He falls off the bike and drops his camera. It needs to be repaired. He takes it to a Canon Authorized Service Center and is told that it will be sent to Delhi for an estimate and that alone will take a week. In one small lane near national market, paul meets his master and his camera is repaired the 'kaam chalao' way in twenty minutes for rupees two hundred only.Highlights include: A local translation of some of Sebastian Luetgert's, 'Good Question' posters, Pauls biker music video and Messiah Ajith's born again gift. Paul's Fall has a descriptive Voice Over which was written by Shaina Anand and recorded by Gaurav Chandelya in one smooth take.

An LED signboard above a street in Bangalore quoting Matthew 5:44. Narrator questions it's significance in a satirical tone.

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VO: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
What does this mean?
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An LED signboard above a street in Bangalore quoting Matthew 5:44. Narrator sceptically questions it's significance. Cut to a signboard which has "POLICE 100" (Indian police hotline number) written on it.SA conjectures if it means that people should love the police too (in a very tongue in cheek manner).
VO: Does this mean we're supposed to love the police as well?
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Board saying Police 100, pan down to banner which reads "World Information City".
Music playing - "Welcome to India" by MC Vickram and LudaKrishna
Shot of another sign-board outside Jehangir Kothari Memorial Hall in Bangalore which reads "World Information City".
VO: Ya, MC Vickram and LudaKrishna representing ya'll.. that's right.. increase the volume please... thank you.
Welcome to India, mango juice and lassi, home of the crazy.....
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Paul cycling on the road. A state transport bus passes him by, it has an advertisement painted on it. Paul continues his exploration, of the streets of Bangalore, on his bicycle.
VO: a song called "Suhaana Safar" (beautiful journey) from the 1958 Hindi movie called Madhumati.
Ad Copy reads:"Career courses in hardware and networking."

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VO: hurrrr....hurrrr...
The journey is beautiful and the weather is fine. (x2)
I fear that I might get lost somewhere.
The journey is beautiful and the weather is fine.
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Paul stops to take pictures of the 'Good Question' posters by Sebastian Luetgert (a winning entry of the original poster campaign for the World Information City Conference). Introduction to Paul Keller.

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This is Paul. He has come from Amsterdam. He works for the Center for New and Old Media there.
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Paul gets on his cycle in Shivajinagar and rides away. Hindi music in the background..

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VO: Who is this that hides amongst the flowers and laughs?
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He hates all automobiles. Which is why he has borrowed a cycle from his friend Kiran to wander the city. This way he feels closer to people who see him and wave and say Hello.

VO: Whose tunes are making the spring restless?
Who is this that hides amongst the flowers and laughs?
Whose tunes are making the spring restless?
Paul rides his cycle on the streets of Shivajinagar. The streets are bustling with activity, auto rickshaws driving past, cows loitering around.

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Paul gets off his bicycle, puts it on a stand and takes his camera out.
Paul was told in Amsterdam that Bangalore is India's dream city, Asia's IT capital. That most of the city's money is spent on building its IT infrastructure. He has come to find out more and is troubled by these very questions.
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Paul photographing the "Good Question" posters by Sebastian Lutgert, with voice over giving commentary over them in Hindi. After taking the photographs he gets on
his bicycle and rides away.
The posters read:
1: Will the way on piracy stop once piracy has been defeated?
2: Why is copying called stealing even though the original does not disappear?
VO: First question: Will the way on piracy stop once piracy has been defeated?
Second question: Could Bangalore have become an IT city without pirated software?
Third question: If I buy a "number 2" VCD for my kids, am I a criminal?
Fourth question: And the shopkeeper who sold me the CD, is he a criminal too?
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Everybody chants "I-T city, I-T city", "I-T corridor", "I-T city highway"... A large part of the city's spending goes toward I-T. All the politicians and developers are crazy about I-T. These are the kinds of questions that this festival will address.
Think about it, and tell me the name of one person you know who has purchased software worth $300. If we Xerox some notes for a college exam, then will the Xerox-man and I be considered criminals?
If I help a friend , who has very little pocket money by burning a VCD copy of his favorite movie, are we both criminals?
Paul riding through Shivajinagar. VO talks about intellectual property and copyright discourse. He questions why access to knowledge and sharing of information is a crime.

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Friends I'm a traveler. I have neither a home nor a care in the world. (x2)
I have to keep walking. I have to keep walking.
Paul rides his bicycle on the streets of Shivajinagar. He stops to take a picture of a "Good Question" poster by Sebastian Lutgert.

VO: song called Musafir Hoon Yaaroon from the 1972 Hindi movie called Parichay.

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In his anxiety to document the posters and hoardings plastered all over Shivajinagar he fell off his bicycle and broke his camera. It was eventually fixed by Ajith, the eponymous proprietor of a small repair shop, situated in a tiny lane between National Market and Bajaj Market. His search for a camera repair shop and the final quick and dirty &lgt;i&rgt;kaam chalao&lgt;/i&rgt; fix to his problem was filmed by Gaurav Chandelya. The next day Paul re-enacted the missing parts of the story. He was shot biking down Queens road, pausing to take photographs of cows, and wall signs and the "Good Question" posters. The faked bike fall is unconvincing, as Paul was wary of breaking his camera again.
VO: Commentary in Hindi.

Related Links: Good Question Posters
Oh no! English man, Indian bicycle!
He's white for sure but his heart is Indian.
Oh no, what is this? His camera broke, along with his heart.
He had bought this camera in Amsterdam for a lot of money, and it just broke. He had to take lots of pictures for the conference. What will Paul do now?
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Malleshwaram, 5th cross
Paul dialed information and got the number for the official Canon service center. He reached Malleshwaram, 5th cross.
Sorry, we took long to find the place.
You've not closed na...&lgt;i&rgt;Chalo&lgt;/i&rgt;
Paul got the address for a Canon authorized service center in Malleswaram. It was almost closing time when he got there; their office was located on the first floor of a residential building, a Canon hoarding hung on the façade and on the door, legitimizing the presence of a 'front office'. The secretary greeted Paul and Shaina and took them back down, through a small alleyway into another building, a 'back office'. Epson signage adorned the walls.
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The technician informed Paul that the whole body part would need to be replaced, the camera would have to be sent to Delhi just for the estimate and that alone would take a week. He also hinted that it could be 'fixed', but left the space between his authorized service and his legitimate service in abeyance.
Yes we can fix it.
PL: My question is, how much would it cost and how long would it take?
If you have a broken part then it takes time, sir. For this, you know, we will have to send it to Delhi.
PL: You'll have to send it to Delhi? And how long does that take?
It takes a weeks time.
PL: Weeks time. Do you have any idea how much it would cost?
They will give the estimate.
PL: Any ballpark figure?
This is the outer case.
PL: You will have to replace the whole outer case.
It takes time. It has to go to Delhi and come back.

Oh no! This means Paul won't be able to use his camera.
He won't be able to take pictures of the World Information Conference.
We won't see Paul in Shivajinagar on his Indian cycle again?
Did you say"No"? Wrong! Paul won't accept defeat this easily. After all, his heart is Indian...
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Amsterdam
Bajaj Market, Bangalore
National Market, Bangalore
Paul knows a VCD seller in Amsterdam, from whom he had bought the Maqbool CD even before it was released. The same guy had told him about National Market in Bangalore. Paul reached Bajaj Market.
PL: Do you repair cameras?
Hello.
Only sales, no repairs.
PL: Do you know who repairs?
Nest market. Shop no 27.
PL: In National Market?
S.L Plaza in the next complex.
PL: That way.
That side.
Paul reached the international market of goods and services near Majestic Bus stop. Paul had been told of this place by a bootlegger in Amsterdam who had sold him a copy of Maqbool (Bollywood adaptation of Macbeth). He was directed to National Market by a shopkeeper.
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In National Market shops in most arcades had shutters down, probably because the cops had leaked out information about a routine raid; part of their "protection" plan that comes at a high 'weekly' cost. In Bajaj arcade Paul was directed to a small stall, whose shelves were crowded with camera parts and cameras.
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But all the shops here were closed. Because, like every week, a police raid was due to happen. And the shop keepers, like always, had prior knowledge of the raid.
But one shop was open. Shop no 29.
A camera repair shop.
But I can't do it now. Bring it on Monday, I'll do it then.
PL: But you can fix it?
Yes, I can fix it very well.
Monday, anytime after 10' o clock, till 10 at night.
PL: And how long does it take?
Minimum two hours or one hour.
SA: Tonight can you fix it?
No, no I'm going home now.
SA: You repair Video Cameras also?
Yes.

great photos
SA: Who is that?
He invented the camera.
SA: Seriously? Wow what is his name? Do you know?
No, I forget it.
great forget

Photograph of George Eastman on the wall.

SA: We'll find out Monday. It's a bicycle chain.
How did you fix it?
PL: I didn't fix it. Just once ten years ago...

Now you cannot remove it?
PL: No.
PL; When I go to the airport, it goes Beep Beep.
SA: That is a problem always now. Everything is high security.
PL: Except the Indian Embassy in Berlin.
PL: They have the guard standing there and it goes Beep Beep, and you walk through and they don't look into your bag, but they wake up from the Beep.
SA: Your name , sir?
Ashgar.
SA: I'm Shaina, this is Paul.
SA: How long since you've had this shop?
14 years.
SA: Wow!
SA: And how did you get all this expertise to repair cameras?
I was in a service center in Dubai. I was working there.
SA: In a service center. Oh OK. We'll come on Monday. You promise you can do it in one hour, yes?
SA: And roughly what do you think it will cost?
Around Rs. 250.
Paul and Shaina talk to the proprietor, who repaired not just film cameras but digital video and still ones. He said he learned his skills at a service center in Dubai, and his brother who still lived there updated his directory of manuals, keeping his service up to date. The camera could be repaired. It would cost Rs 250/- and take a couple of hours. But it wouldn't be done that day as he had a lot of pending orders to finish.
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SA: For sure, Monday? Can we have your card?
SA: Bye!
Paul couldn't wait till Monday because he had to take pictures of the World Information City Conference. He found a repair shop where Ajith the owner said he'll fix the camera in 15 minutes for a "simple cost".
Bajaj Market, Bangalore
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Just a 2 hour job... and only for Rs. 250. Wow!
But Paul cannot wait till Monday. He needs the camera today, because the conference is due to start tomorrow...

Between National Market and Bajaj Market, in a narrow lane, he found the answer to his problem. Someone has wisely said, "If one searches enough one can even find God."

I'll paste it and give it to him, and it'll work.
SA: Meaning?
I'll join it and give it to you.
SA: Will it work then?
Yes.

SA: OK will you be able to do this now?
You won't get a replacement for this. You won't get this item.
SA: OK.
PL: 15 minutes. And how much?
SA: How much he's saying depends on the time.
PL: OK

Paul and Shaina gave the camera to the shopkeeper telling him to fix it, without bothering about the finish.
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PL: But maximum?
Maximum? Simple amount.
SA: Simple amount. OK.
SA: Thank you, brother, your name?
Ajith.

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PL: So we leave it here with you and come back in 15 minutes?
SA: 15 minutes minutes more?
By tampering with this the finishing of the camera gets spoilt.
SA: He says, " No problem, as long as it fits properly..."

The fit won't be 100% perfect.
SA: That's OK, just fix it.
This got fixed. This problem got fixed.
SA: He says you can go ahead with any hand work you want to do on this.
You don't have a problem?
SA: No we don't have a problem. It should fit right, it doesn't matter if it looks ugly.

Shoot the damn finishing! Paul just needs to shoot Shivajinagar. I mean photo shoot, of course.

In this piece, the lock is generally here. When it fell, this broke.
SA: It broke, OK.
I'll try to make it fit, as best as it can. And then, I'll try fixing it with the blue...
Ajith heated the dented metal on a candle annealing it to it's original shape and fixed the push button with super glue. He spent almost 45 minutes fixing it and then gave it to Paul after a thorough check up. Ajith called it a kaam chalao (make do) fix.
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Give me a candle..
Which country are you from?
PL: Germany.

great photos

The battery is fine. Just charge it.
Don't use it roughly.
PL: No,no, no more rough use. No more throwing it around.
PL: How much is it?
Rs.200.

PL: It's going to work.
PL: Give me two hundred, thank you.
That company will replace the whole part.
PL: They said they would replace the whole body. And it was going to take a week.They could not even look at it today because...

We call this kind of fix kaam chalao (it'll work for the time being)
SA: That's all we need.

Paul is saying, if he were to get the camera repaired in Amsterdam, he'd have to pay 1000 times the amount, and wait six weeks.

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Here we're always "hand working".
PL: Always, somebody knows somebody who can fix it. Thanks.
Because this item is not available...
SA: Thank you.
PL: Thank you.

We call this Jugaad or the art of making things work. This is the specialty of India- anything is possible.

SA: Thank you. Bye bye.
I will give you one gift.

Paul and Shaina thanked him and just as they were leaving he gave a book to Shaina as a "gift". It was a little tract printed somewhere in Africa: "Why you must be born again."

SA: OK..oh OK.
SA: Thank you. Bye.
Paul became happy.

Autorickshaws are black, green, yellow and kitschy. Bombay's Kala Ghoda Arts Festival has repeatedly featured gaudily-decorated autorickshaws. Visitors are free to sit in them, pose and take pictures. There's no fuel though; the autorickshaw is stationary. The autorickshaw can be an object in the island city, but cannot ply there. The island city is ruled by four-legged taxis.
Paul Keller's Shivajinagar biker video.
Paul's footage of Shivajinagar was laid over a popular Hindi track "It's the time to Disco." from the 2003 film Kal Ho Na Ho. It became a music video of sorts. Paul swerves through the busy streets of Shivajinagar on his bicycle, capturing, people and cows and autos etc.

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My heart is in love.
It tells me there is nothing to fear.
When your body moves to the beat.
Don't hesitate, don't be shy.
Open up and dance, open up and sing.
Come come, open up and say.
It's the time to disco. (x2)
Who has met who?
It's the time to disco.
My heart is in love.
It tells me there is nothing to fear.
Paul's footage of Shivajinagar was laid over a popular Hindi track "It's the time to Disco." from the 2003 film Kal Ho Na Ho. Paul rides through a busy street market in Shivajinagar. He enters another by lane and and passes through the local &lgt;i&rgt;sabzi bazaar&lgt;/i&rgt; where vendors are selling vegetables, fruits, meat, spices etc.
VO: "It's the time to Disco", song from a 2003 Hindi movie called " Kal ho Na Ho."
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Paul's footage of Shivajinagar was laid over a popular Hindi track "It's the time to Disco." from the 2003 film Kal Ho Na Ho. Paul rides through a busy street market in Shivajinagar. Paul rides out of a busy roadside food market to even busier Bangalore by lanes. Where he encounters more people, more autos and more cows. A bike rider looks at Pauls camera with curiosity and then rides away.

Related Links: Autorickshaw
It's the Time to Disco Lyrics
When your body moves to the beat.
Don't hesitate, don't be shy.
Open up and dance, open up and sing.
Come come, open up and say.
It's the time to disco. (x2)
Who has met who?
It's the time to disco.
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Hindi
My body moves wildly, such is the beat.
My breath feels like a storm.
My mind is fulfilled, this is my state.
I'm lost in naughtiness here.
Even you should get naughty and fine.
If anyone gets in the way, open up and say...
It's the time to disco. (x2)
Tell everyone you meet.
It's the time to disco.
Paul's footage of Shivajinagar was laid over a popular Hindi track "It's the time to Disco." from the 2003 film Kal Ho Na Ho. Paul rides through a busy street market in Shivajinagar. Where rows of small cloth shops and stalls lined the street on both sides. Back to the roads again Paul navigates his way through traffic.

Credits Read: made by Shaina Anand,Paul Keller,Vasu Dixit,Gaurav Chandelya, for WI City TV, Shivajinagar, Bangalore. www.chitrakarkhana.net
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