麻辣教授的爭議
《麻辣教授》是洛克希·卡納賈拉吉編導的2021年印度泰米爾語電影,上映前後伴隨着諸多爭議。首先是因主演維杰住所的遭印度所得稅部(ITD)突襲搜查,以及印度人民黨的抗議而導致拍攝中斷[1][2]。電影因COVID-19封鎖而延期上映,維杰親自拜託泰米爾納德邦首席部長埃達帕迪·K·帕拉尼斯瓦米後,該邦政府允許本片及即將上映的其他泰米爾電影開放100%的戲院座席[3];遭到醫生和社會活動人士的強烈反對後,中央政府決定不讓劇院滿員,這項舉措立即被復原,將開放座席縮減至50%[4]。後來,電影的少數片段在上映前被匿名人士盜版。院線上映後不久,電影在院線上映16天後(2021年1月29日)在串流媒體平台Amazon Prime Video上線[5],招來戲院業主及放映商的批評[6]。
印度所得稅部的突擊搜查
編輯2020年2月5日,印度所得稅部(ITD)突襲搜查了主演維杰的住所,並詢問了他對不動產的投資是否存在逃稅行為。維杰先前從製片公司AGS娛樂繼承了不動產的投資,該公司也投資了他主演的《球神比吉爾》(2019年)。[7][8]維杰在內伊韋利忙着拍片時遭到調查[9],因而擾亂了《麻辣教授》的拍攝工作[10][11]。ITD官員從監製安布·塞哈揚(Anbu Cheliyan)的住所沒收了近7.7億盧比,這也屬於AGS娛樂的財產[12][13]。2020年3月,因《麻辣教授》的預映業務,ITD再次遭到突襲了聯合監製兼發行人拉利特·庫馬爾(Lalit Kumar)的住所及其製作公司七幕製片室的辦公室[14];庫馬爾從22億盧比的利潤中分得了5億盧比的份額,所以被ITD盯上[a][17]。2020年3月13日[18],ITD表示,搜查結果出爐,突襲期間查無不法,維杰已繳納所有稅款[19][20]。ITD進一步公佈了逃稅調查的數據,顯示維杰因《球神比吉爾》收到了5億盧比,從《麻辣教授》收到了8億盧比[21][22]。國會議員達亞尼迪·馬蘭指責,因維杰曾批評執政的印度人民黨(BJP),該政黨便透過ITD突襲從政治上針對維杰[23][24]。
印度人民黨的抗議
編輯2020年2月7日,印度人民黨成員在內維利褐煤公司(NLC)前舉行抗議,此地被劇組選為最終場面的拍攝地[25]。黨員抗議NLC批准拍攝[26]。雖然劇組已獲得許可,但人民黨成員聲稱此地是高度安全的地區,不是拍攝電影的地方,更威脅說,如果拍攝不停止,抗議將繼續下去[27][28]。不久後,維杰的粉絲紛紛聲援他,並對該政黨的工作人員提出抗議。抗議者和粉絲在警方介入後離開現場。[29]
泰米爾納德邦的戲院座位措施
編輯印度正值COVID-19確診數攀升時期,導致戲院的座位被限制。維杰親自拜託泰米爾納德邦首席部長埃達帕迪·K·帕拉尼斯瓦米後,泰米爾納德邦政府允許戲院開放100%的座位,令片方上映本片以及即將上映的其他泰米爾電影[30]。此後不久,印度中央政府針對泰米爾納德邦政府批准電影100%座席上映的決定發出了反對令[31][32],稱這明顯違反了內政部長只允許戲院50%座位佔用率的指導方針[33][34]。許多醫生和社會活動人士也抗議電影完全開放座位的措施[35][36]。不久後,泰米爾納德邦戲院的座位數被復原到50%,中央政府才放行營業[37][38]。
在出現入座問題之前,維杰曾被放映商要求降低其電影片酬,以降低電影的預算,也能為發行商帶來利潤[39]。最終,發行商計劃在泰米爾納德邦單獨上映《麻辣教授》,以盡可能地吸引觀眾看電影[40]。泰米爾納德邦戲院業主協會主席蒂魯布爾·薩布拉曼尼安(Tiruppur Subramanian)聲稱,如果電影入座率達到50%,戲院可能會優先放映本片[41]。電影上映後[42][43],金奈超過十家戲院因允許開放100%座位而違反了COVID-19安全預防措施,而遭開罰[44][45]。
網絡盜版
編輯2021年1月12日,即上映前一天,據報導部分片段被少數匿名人士在社交媒體上洩露,引發了葉界的爭議[46][47]。洛克希·卡納賈拉吉和主演馬拉維卡·莫漢南公開呼籲觀眾不要與他人分享片段,並堅決要求他們到保持相關安全預防措施的影院看電影[48][49]。多名來自南印度電影界的導演、監製和演員在此問題上支援洛克希[50][51]。推特後來協助製片方找出洩露者,結果發現,一家數碼公司負責將電影的副本出售給海外發行權,但一名員工涉嫌竊取了副本並洩露至網上[52]。
串流媒體發行
編輯《麻辣教授》的製片方與Amazon Prime Video合作,於2021年1月29日首映本片,即院線上映的16天後,成為最快登上串流媒體服務的泰米爾電影,這對印度電影來說尚屬首次[53][54]。監製S·澤維爾·布里托(S. Xavier Britto)雖然聲稱本片沒有在主要海外市場上映,是提前數碼發行的原因[55],但戲院業主對此提出了反對,認為盜版網站會上載電影的高清檔案,導致觀眾進場意願降低而影響票房[56][57]。戲院業主要求推遲數碼首映,但片方仍遵循原有的計劃[58];戲院業主更要求獲得10%的戲院放映分成[59]。本片登上串流媒體後,戲院業主隨後宣佈,任何電影在影院發行後三十天內不得在串流媒體服務中首映[60][61]。雖然《麻辣教授》很快上線串流媒體,但影院業主仍根據粉絲的需求繼續放映電影[62][63],另一方面在於《麻辣教授》後上映的電影內容不佳且缺乏有力的宣傳,故延長本片的院線放映[64][65]。
其他相關事件
編輯本片在波奧納馬萊埃的一所視力障礙兒童學校進行了三天的拍攝,但這引起了對該地點工作人員的不同反應[66]。學校協調員薩拉瓦納·潘迪安(Saravana Pandian)據報導得知,維杰會見視障學生並與之互動,但他並未如期實現,而對此感到不高興[66]。最後,他也批評了少數劇組成員無視學生的存在,在校舍內吸煙[66]。
2021年1月,埃格莫爾都市首席法官指示印度刑事調查部對S·澤維爾·布里托提起有關侵犯著作權的初步調查報告[67]。該法院命令來自音樂著作權公司——諾維斯通訊私人有限公司(Novex Communications Private Limited)提起的訴訟[68]。據請願方稱,2020年3月15日舉行的電影音樂發表會上播放了電影中的幾首歌曲,卻沒有從該公司的客戶之一Think Music獲得任何著作權[69][70]。另一項起訴由A·朗達斯(K. Rangadas)提出,理由是抄襲指控,並表示該影片的故事情節是改編自他在2017年向南印度電影作家協會(South Indian Film Writers Association)註冊的一部作品[71]。
備註
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