Malegaon ka Chintu film crew from India in Barga

An Indian silent comedy troupe were in Barga this morning filming for part of their new season on Indian television “Malegaon ka Chintu” which according to some sources had over 150 million viewers in their first series.

The new series is being filmed for the first time outside India in various places across the globe including Barga.

The troupe were filming throughout Barga Vecchia but the bulk of what viewers in India will finally see was recorded at the top of the Duomo in the bell tower.

In fact, as one or two residents pointed out today, the bells seemed to be ringing at odd times … this was all due to one of the stars of the show – Al Amin, who seemed to have a strong need to ring bells all day.

In part Charlie Chaplin, with a touch of Buster Keaton, add a drop of Mr. Bean and just a whiff of Benny Hill and you get somewhere close to the enigmatic and loosely limbed Al Amin who plays Chintu in the series.

According to their website, Chintu is a lively young man who lives in Malegaon, India  and loves only three things in life; his coat, his bicycle and Pinky, played by Ashwini Khairnar, the most beautiful girl in town.

He is full of life with a heart of gold.

He is very emotional and cannot see anyone in trouble.

The show takes the viewers through different situations in Chintu’s life that make for a laughter riot..

[Gallery not found]Anche Barga è rientrata nelle location scelte per girare alcune scene della serie indiana “Malegaon ka Chintu”, un programma seguitissimo e singolare, che fonde la comicità muta e goffa  in stile Mr Bean con l’espressività del protagonista Chintu.
Alcuni sketch sono stati girati in Barga Vecchia, in particolare in duomo e , nello stile della sceneggiatura, si è trattato più che altro di improvvisazioni  incentrate sul suono delle possenti campane del duomo.
Gli attori del cast e i membri della troupe sono stati poi ricevuti in comune per una saluto formale.

The working process of the troupe was very interesting to see in action as they do not work to a completed script but instead more or less make it up as they go along – an on the spot creative process steered along by the director – Shaikh Nasir .