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麻辣教授的争议

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麻辣教授》是洛克希·卡纳贾拉吉编导的2021年印度泰米尔语电影,上映前后伴随著诸多争议。首先是因主演维杰住所的遭印度所得税部英语Income Tax Department(ITD)突袭搜查,以及印度人民党的抗议而导致拍摄中断[1][2]。电影因COVID-19封锁而延期上映,维杰亲自拜托泰米尔纳德邦首席部长埃达帕迪·K·帕拉尼斯瓦米英语Edappadi K. Palaniswami后,该邦政府允许本片及即将上映的其他泰米尔电影开放100%的戏院座席[3];遭到医生和社会活动人士的强烈反对后,中央政府决定不让剧院满员,这项举措立即被撤销,将开放座席缩减至50%[4]。后来,电影的少数片段在上映前被匿名人士盗版。院线上映后不久,电影在院线上映16天后(2021年1月29日)在串流媒体平台Amazon Prime Video上线[5],招来戏院业主及放映商的批评[6]

印度所得税部的突击搜查

2020年2月5日,印度所得税部英语Income Tax Department(ITD)突袭搜查了主演维杰的住所,并询问了他对不动产的投资是否存在逃税行为。维杰先前从制片公司AGS娱乐英语AGS Entertainment继承了不动产的投资,该公司也投资了他主演的《球神比吉尔英语Bigil》(2019年)。[7][8]维杰在内伊韦利忙著拍片时遭到调查[9],因而扰乱了《麻辣教授》的拍摄工作[10][11]。ITD官员从制片人安布·塞哈扬(Anbu Cheliyan)的住所没收了近7.7亿卢比,这也属于AGS娱乐的财产[12][13]。2020年3月,因《麻辣教授》的预映业务,ITD再次遭到突袭了联合制片人兼发行人拉利特·库马尔(Lalit Kumar)的住所及其制作公司七幕制片室的办公室[14];库马尔从22亿卢比的利润中分得了5亿卢比的份额,所以被ITD盯上[a][17]。2020年3月13日[18],ITD表示,搜查结果出炉,突袭期间查无不法,维杰已缴纳所有税款[19][20]。ITD进一步公布了逃税调查的数据,显示维杰因《球神比吉尔》收到了5亿卢比,从《麻辣教授》收到了8亿卢比[21][22]。国会议员达亚尼迪·马兰英语Dayanidhi Maran指责,因维杰曾批评执政的印度人民党(BJP),该政党便透过ITD突袭从政治上针对维杰[23][24]

印度人民党的抗议

2020年2月7日,印度人民党成员在内维利褐煤公司英语NLC India Limited(NLC)前举行抗议,此地被剧组选为最终场面的拍摄地[25]。党员抗议NLC批准拍摄[26]。虽然剧组已获得许可,但人民党成员声称此地是高度安全的地区,不是拍摄电影的地方,更威胁说,如果拍摄不停止,抗议将继续下去[27][28]。不久后,维杰的粉丝纷纷声援他,并对该政党的工作人员提出抗议。抗议者和粉丝在警方介入后离开现场。[29]

泰米尔纳德邦的戏院座位措施

印度正值COVID-19确诊数攀升时期,导致戏院的座位被限制。维杰亲自拜托泰米尔纳德邦首席部长埃达帕迪·K·帕拉尼斯瓦米英语Edappadi K. Palaniswami后,泰米尔纳德邦政府英语Government of Tamil Nadu允许戏院开放100%的座位,令片方上映本片以及即将上映的其他泰米尔电影[30]。此后不久,印度中央政府针对泰米尔纳德邦政府批准电影100%座席上映的决定发出了反对令[31][32],称这明显违反了内政部长英语Minister of Home Affairs (India)只允许戏院50%座位占用率的指导方针[33][34]。许多医生和社会活动人士也抗议电影完全开放座位的措施[35][36]。不久后,泰米尔纳德邦戏院的座位数被撤销到50%,中央政府才放行营业[37][38]

在出现入座问题之前,维杰曾被放映商要求降低其电影片酬,以降低电影的预算,也能为发行商带来利润[39]。最终,发行商计划在泰米尔纳德邦单独上映《麻辣教授》,以尽可能地吸引观众看电影[40]。泰米尔纳德邦戏院业主协会主席蒂鲁布尔·萨布拉曼尼安(Tiruppur Subramanian)声称,如果电影上座率达到50%,戏院可能会优先放映本片[41]。电影上映后[42][43]金奈超过十家戏院因允许开放100%座位而违反了COVID-19安全预防措施,而遭开罚[44][45]

网路盗版

2021年1月12日,即上映前一天,据报导部分片段被少数匿名人士在社群媒体上泄露,引发了叶界的争议[46][47]洛克希·卡纳贾拉吉和主演马拉维卡·莫汉南公开呼吁观众不要与他人分享片段,并坚决要求他们到保持相关安全预防措施的影院看电影[48][49]。多名来自南印度电影界的导演、制片人和演员在此问题上支持洛克希[50][51]推特后来协助制片方找出泄露者,结果发现,一家数位公司负责将电影的副本出售给海外发行权,但一名员工涉嫌窃取了副本并泄露至网上[52]

串流媒体发行

《麻辣教授》的制片方与Amazon Prime Video合作,于2021年1月29日首映本片,即院线上映的16天后,成为最快登上串流媒体服务的泰米尔电影,这对印度电影来说尚属首次[53][54]。制片人S·泽维尔·布里托(S. Xavier Britto)虽然声称本片没有在主要海外市场上映,是提前数位发行的原因[55],但戏院业主对此提出了反对,认为盗版网站会上传电影的高画质档案,导致观众进场意愿降低而影响票房[56][57]。戏院业主要求推迟数位首映,但片方仍遵循原有的计画[58];戏院业主更要求获得10%的戏院放映分成[59]。本片登上串流媒体后,戏院业主随后宣布,任何电影在影院发行后三十天内不得在串流媒体服务中首映[60][61]。虽然《麻辣教授》很快上线串流媒体,但影院业主仍根据粉丝的需求继续放映电影[62][63],另一方面在于《麻辣教授》后上映的电影内容不佳且缺乏有力的宣传,故延长本片的院线放映[64][65]

其他相关事件

本片在波奥纳马莱埃的一所视力障碍儿童学校进行了三天的拍摄,但这引起了对该地点工作人员的不同反应[66]。学校协调员萨拉瓦纳·潘迪安(Saravana Pandian)据报导得知,维杰会见视障学生并与之互动,但他并未如期实现,而对此感到不高兴[66]。最后,他也批评了少数剧组成员无视学生的存在,在校舍内吸烟[66]

2021年1月,埃格莫尔英语Egmore都市首席法官英语Chief magistrate指示印度刑事调查部英语Criminal Investigation Department (India)对S·泽维尔·布里托提起有关侵犯版权的初步调查报告英语First information report[67]。该法院命令来自音乐版权公司——诺维斯通讯私人有限公司(Novex Communications Private Limited)提起的诉讼[68]。据请愿方称,2020年3月15日举行的电影音乐发表会上播放了电影中的几首歌曲,却没有从该公司的客户之一Think Music英语Think Music获得任何版权[69][70]。另一项起诉由A·朗达斯(K. Rangadas)提出,理由是抄袭指控,并表示该影片的故事情节是改编自他在2017年向南印度电影作家协会(South Indian Film Writers Association)注册的一部作品[71]

备注

  1. ^ 此笔交易是在COVID-19封锁之前所敲定[15],在电影推迟至2021年1月13日之后,该交易后来修改为15.83亿卢比[16]

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