Caminho das Índias

Caminho das Índias

Genre	Telenovela
Created by	Glória Perez
Starring	Juliana Paes Márcio Garcia Rodrigo Lombardi Letícia Sabatella Tânia Khallil Eliane Giardini Tony Ramos Lima Duarte Osmar Prado Nívea Maria and big cast
Theme music composer	Vishal Bhardwaj
Opening theme	Beedi Jalaile "Sunidhi Chauhan"
Country of origin	Brazil
Original language(s)	Portuguese language
No. of episodes	203 (original run) 160 (syndication)
Production
Location(s)	India & Brazil
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Running time	50–80 Minutes
Release
Original network	Rede Globo
Picture format	(HDTV) 1080i – 16:9 (SDTV) 480i – 4:3
Original release	January 19, 2009 – September 11, 2009
Chronology
Preceded by	A Favorita
Followed by	Viver a Vida
External links
Website

India – A Love Story^[1] (Portuguese: Caminho das Índias, lit: Path to the Indies; also known as There, Where the Love Is in Georgia) is a Brazilian Emmy-winning television telenovela (soap opera) produced by Rede Globo and first broadcast from January 19 to September 11, 2009. It ranked within the top of the most watched shows on Brazilian television. Caminho das Índias storylines examine beliefs and values that differentiate the Eastern and Western world, the telenovela brings to the screen a story of contrasts. Telefutura aired an edited version of India from October 5, 2010 to April 25, 2011 at 10 pm central,^[2]^[3] removing episode previews and a custom-made intro and commercial bumpers were produced.

Starring Juliana Paes as Maya, the female protagonist; Márcio Garcia and Rodrigo Lombardi as Bahuan and Raj respectively, the main male protagonists; Letícia Sabatella and Cléo Pires as Yvone and Surya respectively, the main antagonists. It also has Tânia Khallil as Duda, Débora Bloch as Silvia and Alexandre Borges as Raul, the main co-stars.

The telenovela was originally screened as six one-hour chapters per week, from Monday to Saturday. It was one of the Brazil's highest-rated programmes, often appearing at the top of the daily's ratings released by the Brazilian Institute of Public Opinion and Statistics. The average audience share for a chapter reached between 36 and 45 millions, with each point equivalent to sixty thousand households tuned on Rede Globo in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo.

Story

The title can be interpreted in two ways: it is Portuguese for "Route to the Indies" (literally) or "India's Way" (figuratively). The plot spans a period during the transition of India into a modern democracy (in the 1950s), parts during the 1970s, and finally (and the majority of the plot) during modern period (1990s–2000s), where most of the complex plot begins to unravel. There are many flashbacks that figure prominently in the resolution of the narrative. But the story is equally divided between continents, as the story delves with characters in Rio de Janeiro, Rajasthan and some elements in Dubai. Many themes are explored in the novella, including love, reason, sanity, insanity, and finally tradition versus modernity (not to mention juvenile delinquency or bullying). With beliefs and values that separate the West and the East, the soap brings to the screen a story full of contrasts. The story is treated from a complex mesh of relationships, of families, their familiars and friends, who all circle in a "small world" where everyone has a relationship that connects to the other characters in some way.

Synopsis

Reproduction of Ganges River to the telenovela India – A Love Story in scenographic city of Projac.

One of the main plot points is a forbidden love between castes, as played by two characters with different origins, Maya and Bahuan. Maya is clever and amazingly charming with dimples, enchanting eyes and all. She is also cheerful, an employee of a call-center in Rajasthan and part of a traditional family of Vaishyas – the trader caste. Bahuan is finishing his studies in America, where he works, but could never forget the humiliation he had to go through as a child for being a dalit (untouchable).

Bahuan is the son of two servants, also untouchables, who were burned at the stake for accidentally touching their master while he bathed. As a young boy, the disorientated youth, walks by the River Ganges, where Opash Ananda is with his two sons: Amithab and Raj. Amithab (the older son) out of curiosity, touches Bahuan, reaching for his necklace. Opash sees this and reprimands his son, since Bahuan is an untouchable and is not "clean". Shankar, a liberal Brahmin appears and defends Bahuan, beginning a fight with Opash that will prevail until the end of the narrative. Opash leaves with his two children. Bahuan recounts his troubled life to the attentive Shankar, who reveals his lonely life and adopts the child, despite the prejudice he suffers from many people.

Maya has reached the age to marry and her parents, the perfume maker Manu Meetha and Kochi, search all over for a suitable husband. Like every Indian girl, she had always believed they were the best suited people to find the right man; but that was until she met Bahuan. Moved by an overwhelming feeling, Maya is willing to impose her will to her family and doesn't understand why he seems so reticent. Only when the truth about his origins come to light she understands his fears. Between promises and risks, the couple plan a future together and keep being surprised by fate. On their way, are Raj Ananda, her parents' "golden dream"; Bahuan's investment in his career; and the Brazilian company Cadore, of which he becomes a partner years later.

Raj is the middle child of Opash and Indira Ananda. Opash is a wealthy tradesman, who makes the agreement with Manu for Maya and Raj's marriage (making it even harder for her and Bahuan). Opash and Indira have three other children: Amithab, Ravi (the youngest son) and Shanti (their only daughter). Amithab (the eldest), married to Surya, with whom he had a precocious daughter, Anusha. Amitahab is the dutiful older son, but not having a male heir has diminished his status (although not overtly), a point of jealousy that drives the ambitious Surya. Ravi, the youngest boy, falls in love with a Brazilian girl, Camilla Motta, and their relationship, which eventually leads to marriage will bring the conflict between East and West to the forefront, as Camilla tries to adapt to the Hindu culture. Shanti, the youngest and the only girl, had been prepared for marriage since she was a small child, learning the "womanly arts" of the society: dancing, brewing chai (tea), looking beautiful and serving members of the family. But she is uncomfortable in this role, and with her friendship with Camilla she explores new possibilities beyond the home. She aspires to obtain a university education and be free to choose who she falls in love with, or if she marries. This is in stark contrast with Opash's mother and the most dominant figure in the house. She is the vanguard of tradition in the Ananda home, quoting traditional proverbs, insinuating normative roles and generally annoying Indira and Surya. But she holds a secret which will affect the people of the Ananda home. Meanwhile, she too is always being annoyed by Karan (or Chacha), brother of her late husband; her brother-in-law, a capricious older man, he lives in Opash's home after his wife left him for another.

While Maya and Bahuan secretively attempt to be together, Raj has also fallen in love with Duda while in Brazil. The feeling is mutual; however, they cannot be happy together because of his parent's arranged marriage to Maya. Duda attempts to fight for Raj's affections and his families preconceived notions. During the course of the story she becomes disillusioned, and eventually the conflict between the possible and the improbable force her to abandon her relationship with Raj, in favor of a new love. She works in an aesthetic clinic owned by Ilana and Chiara, two very different women. Ilana is married to Cesar Motta, an ambitious man who can't control their son, Zeca, a boy without imposed limits, considered a delinquent and leader of a group of bullies at the local high school. Chiara, although a beautiful mature businesswoman, reads a lot of self-help books and who will, as the plot progresses, be involved romantically with Murilo, a loyal employee in the company of the Cadore family and brother of Tonia, girlfriend of Tarso Cadore, a young schizophrenic.

The plot also portrays the couple Sílvia and Raul. Married for a long time, they have a daughter, Julia, who is Camilla and Leinha's friend. The couple's lives will change drastically with the arrival of Yvone, Sílvia's highschool friend, who comes back when her friends needs her help the most, since she is experiencing a crisis in her marriage. But, behind her innocent face, Yvone hides a personality disorder: she is a psychopath. She will take advantage of the trust deposited in her to ruin many dreams and illusions.

Audience

Main article: Audience of Caminho das Índias

WEEK	WEEK AVERAGE	MONTH AVERAGE
19/01/2009 to 24/01/2009	36.00 points	JANUARY 34.41 POINTS
26/01/2009 to 31/01/2009	32.80 points	JANUARY 34.41 POINTS
02/02/2009 to 07/02/2009	33.50 points	FEBRUARY 34.22 POINTS
09/02/2009 to 14/02/2009	35.80 points
16/02/2009 to 21/02/2009	32.50 points
23/02/2009 to 28/02/2009	32.60 points
02/03/2009 to 07/03/2009	33.60 points	MARCH 34.85 POINTS
09/03/2009 to 14/03/2009	34.50 points
16/03/2009 to 21/03/2009	34.80 points
23/03/2009 to 28/03/2009	36.50 points
30/03/2009 to 04/04/2009	36.50 points	APRIL 36.88 POINTS
06/04/2009 to 11/04/2009	35.10 points
13/04/2009 to 18/04/2009	37.50 points
20/04/2009 to 25/04/2009	37.00 points
27/04/2009 to 02/05/2009	38.30 points
04/05/2009 to 09/05/2009	37.80 points	MAY 38.02 POINTS
11/05/2009 to 16/05/2009	37.50 points
18/05/2009 to 23/05/2009	39.00 points
25/05/2009 to 30/05/2009	37.80 points
01/06/2009 to 06/06/2009	39.80 points	JUNE 40.66 POINTS
08/06/2009 to 13/06/2009	40.00 points
15/06/2009 to 20/06/2009	40.60 points
22/06/2009 to 27/06/2009	41.30 points
29/06/2009 to 04/07/2009	41.60 points
06/07/2009 to 11/07/2009	40.50 points	JULY 40.75 POINTS
13/07/2009 to 18/07/2009	40.00 points
20/07/2009 to 25/07/2009	41.00 points
27/07/2009 to 01/08/2009	41.50 points
03/08/2009 to 08/08/2009	39.40 points	AUGUST 42.60 POINTS
10/08/2009 to 15/08/2009	42.30 points
17/08/2009 to 22/08/2009	42.10 points
24/08/2009 to 29/08/2009	46.60 points
31/08/2009 to 05/09/2009	46.50 points	SEPTEMBER 47.90 POINTS
07/09/2009 to 12/09/2009	49.30 points	SEPTEMBER 47.90 POINTS
19/01/2009 to 11/09/2009	TOTAL AVERAGE	38.59 POINTS

Cast

Actor	Character
Juliana Paes	Maya Meetha Ananda
Márcio Garcia	Bahuan Sundrani
Rodrigo Lombardi	Raj Ananda
Tânia Khallil	Duda (Maria Eduarda de Moraes Garri
Cléo Pires	Surya Ananda
Débora Bloch	Sílvia Cadore Cavinato
Letícia Sabatella	Yvone Oliveira Magalhães
Alexandre Borges	Raul Cadore / Humberto Cunha
Humberto Martins	Ramiro Cadore
Christiane Torloni	Melissa Cadore
Caco Ciocler	Murilo Cavinato
Eliane Giardini	Indira Ananda
Nívea Maria	Kochi Meetha
Bruno Gagliasso	Tarso Cadore
Marjorie Estiano	Tônia Cavinato Cadore
Isis Valverde	Camila Motta Goulart Ananda
Caio Blat	Ravi Ananda
Dira Paes	Norminha (Norma Cristana Almeida)
Anderson Müller	Abel Almeida
Antônio Calloni	César Gallo Goulart
Ana Beatriz Nogueira	Ilana Gallo Goulart
Duda Nagle	Zeca (José Carlos Gallo Goulart)
Danton Mello	Amithab Ananda
Ricardo Tozzi	Komal Meetha
André Gonçalves	Mutineja Gopal (Gopal)
Totia Meirelles	Drª. Aída Motta
Victor Fasano	Dario
Mara Manzan	Dona Ashima
Thaila Ayala	Shivani Mudaliah Sundrani
Juliana Alves	Suellen Castanho
Betty Gofman	Dayse
Marcius Melhem	Radesh
Júlia Almeida	Léinha (Léa Motta Goulart)
Maria Maya	Inês Cadore
Ana Furtado	Drª. Gabriela (Gabi)
Rosane Gofman	Wal (Walkíria)
Cissa Guimarães	Ruth
Sílvia Buarque	Berê
Ana Lima	Drª. Cecília (Ciça)
Paula Pereira	Durga
Cacau Mello	Deva
Neuza Borges	Cema
Thais Garayp	Ana
Carolina Oliveira	Chanti Ananda
André Arteche	Indra
Odilon Wagner	Michael Brown Jonhson (Maike/Eric Brown)
Cláudia Lira	Nayana
Clarice Derzie Luz	Harima
Adilson Magha	Siro
Mussunzinho	Maico
Luci Pereira	Ondina
Priscila Marinho	Sheila
Darlan Cunha	Eliseu
Janaina Prado	Sonya
Blota Filho	Haroldo
Alexandre Liuzzi	Pedro
Marcelo Brou	Guto

Kids

Ator	Personagem
Karina Ferrari	Anusha Ananda
Laura Barreto	Lalit
Cadu Paschoal	Hari
Nahuana Costa	Malika

Introducing

Actor	Character
Sidney Santiago	Ademir
Brendha Haddad	Rani Meetha
Márcio Vito	Ramu
Vitória Frate	Júlia Cadore

Special Guest Stars

Actor	Character
Vera Fischer	Chiara
Eva Todor	Cidinha
Paulo José	Profeta Gentileza
Elias Gleizer	Senhor Cadore
Murilo Rosa	Lucas Garrido
Maitê Proença	Nanda (Fernanda)
Chico Anysio	Namit

Invited Actresses

Actor	Character
Laura Cardoso	Laksmi Ananda
Jandira Martini	Puja

Invited Actors

Actor	Character
Osmar Prado	Manu Meetha
José de Abreu	Sacerdote Pandit
Flávio Migliaccio	Karan Ananda

And

Lima Duarte as "Shankar Sundrani"
Stênio Garcia as "Dr. Castanho"
Tony Ramos as "Opash Ananda"

Soundtrack