1 00:00:01,878 --> 00:00:03,018 It's the kind of clothes I'm wearing. 2 00:00:03,018 --> 00:00:06,098 This is my best friend Anand. 3 00:00:06,618 --> 00:00:10,067 This is how the life of a Bollywood star feels like. 4 00:00:12,081 --> 00:00:15,222 And that is Uday, his personal assistant, because 5 00:00:15,282 --> 00:00:17,142 Anand is a Bollywood actor. 6 00:00:17,822 --> 00:00:20,142 Millions of people know him from films in which he always 7 00:00:20,162 --> 00:00:21,502 cast in major roles again. 8 00:00:22,282 --> 00:00:25,781 But our friendship had already begun long before Anand became an actor. 9 00:00:26,082 --> 00:00:29,802 Thirteen years ago, on my first Traveling through India after graduating from high school. 10 00:00:30,442 --> 00:00:34,402 Today he is one of the faces that... you can recognize on the street in India. 11 00:00:36,562 --> 00:00:39,822 And in the meantime one takes care of it whole team of people around him. 12 00:00:39,882 --> 00:00:42,982 The most important of them is Uday, his personal assistant. 13 00:00:45,042 --> 00:00:47,482 Regardless of whether it is about to organize a hair gel 14 00:00:50,422 --> 00:00:51,641 or to provide milk. 15 00:00:52,502 --> 00:00:54,141 Uday is always by Anand's side. 16 00:00:58,461 --> 00:01:02,022 But as soon as the working day ends, A completely different life begins for Uday. 17 00:01:02,662 --> 00:01:04,122 He takes me to his house. 18 00:01:05,102 --> 00:01:05,801 This is my home. 19 00:01:06,362 --> 00:01:06,862 Small home. 20 00:01:07,122 --> 00:01:07,702 Small home. 21 00:01:09,422 --> 00:01:12,002 Bollywood by day, back to the slum in the evening. 22 00:01:12,521 --> 00:01:14,382 I wonder: what's it like for Uday? 23 00:01:14,801 --> 00:01:17,182 And what is it like to live between these two worlds? 24 00:01:19,222 --> 00:01:19,702 No, no, no. 25 00:01:21,062 --> 00:01:21,942 Hello. 26 00:01:22,012 --> 00:01:22,282 Hi. 27 00:01:23,142 --> 00:01:23,702 How are you? 28 00:01:24,162 --> 00:01:26,662 Anand is one today Red carpet event invited. 29 00:01:27,002 --> 00:01:28,602 Always there: Uday. 30 00:01:33,502 --> 00:01:35,482 I can get through it today accompany his day. 31 00:01:36,462 --> 00:01:37,362 Uday, how is it going? 32 00:01:38,162 --> 00:01:38,172 Hi. 33 00:01:38,182 --> 00:01:39,002 All good? 34 00:01:39,102 --> 00:01:39,282 All good. 35 00:01:39,282 --> 00:01:39,882 All good. 36 00:01:39,922 --> 00:01:40,842 How are you today? 37 00:01:40,902 --> 00:01:43,362 But I notice the language barrier makes that difficult. 38 00:01:43,462 --> 00:01:44,332 English only. 39 00:01:45,022 --> 00:01:45,882 Oh, only Hindi? 40 00:01:46,142 --> 00:01:46,562 Yes. 41 00:01:46,662 --> 00:01:47,242 No English. 42 00:01:47,322 --> 00:01:47,462 No. 43 00:01:48,002 --> 00:01:48,722 OK. 44 00:01:49,422 --> 00:01:51,002 Uday is responsible for everything. 45 00:01:51,382 --> 00:01:53,282 From getting coffee to opening the door. 46 00:01:53,582 --> 00:01:53,922 Oh, nice. 47 00:01:57,582 --> 00:01:58,572 That's, uh, 48 00:02:01,082 --> 00:02:01,942 very sweet. 49 00:02:02,562 --> 00:02:04,962 Anand enjoys, Uday takes care of the rest. 50 00:02:04,992 --> 00:02:06,842 Some champagne for us. 51 00:02:07,142 --> 00:02:09,521 A call for a chicken toasty or something. 52 00:02:09,622 --> 00:02:14,902 So even if… Ha, I can nibble a little and then… Uday orders for Anand 53 00:02:15,002 --> 00:02:16,682 Eat and pick up ironed clothes. 54 00:02:17,262 --> 00:02:20,922 Manager Simran keeps all appointments in Look, so that Anand feels fully 55 00:02:20,982 --> 00:02:22,482 can concentrate on his performance. 56 00:02:22,902 --> 00:02:25,722 So basically one thirty is when they plan to start. 57 00:02:27,242 --> 00:02:28,822 I'm living a dream, actually. 58 00:02:28,882 --> 00:02:32,682 You have a team that supports you, somebody picking you, 59 00:02:32,722 --> 00:02:34,462 dropping you, people taking care. 60 00:02:34,942 --> 00:02:36,562 It's sort of, it's, it's a dream life. 61 00:02:37,542 --> 00:02:43,862 So, so yeah, and I'm, I'm one of those lucky few to be living my dream. 62 00:02:43,952 --> 00:02:44,362 Yeah. 63 00:02:44,462 --> 00:02:47,382 For Anand, this life is everything others take for granted. 64 00:02:47,862 --> 00:02:50,942 Anyone who wants to know more about their path and the world want to know behind the scenes, 65 00:02:51,262 --> 00:02:56,202 finds our film “My Best Friend is a "Bollywood star" in the ARD media library. 66 00:02:56,722 --> 00:02:59,962 There I experience Anand in the middle Bollywood glamor and encounter 67 00:03:00,042 --> 00:03:01,822 some of the biggest stars in the country. 68 00:03:03,569 --> 00:03:07,549 But now what interests me most is Uday's world away from five-star hotels 69 00:03:07,589 --> 00:03:08,669 and red carpet events. 70 00:03:09,129 --> 00:03:11,450 His other life, into that he returns every day 71 00:03:14,704 --> 00:03:17,484 Uday lives in Dharavi, one the largest slums in the world. 72 00:03:18,045 --> 00:03:20,984 Living here, in the middle of Mumbai Hundreds of thousands of people 73 00:03:21,046 --> 00:03:22,906 less than three square kilometers. 74 00:03:23,906 --> 00:03:26,606 Hardly any other place on the World is so densely populated 75 00:03:28,989 --> 00:03:31,749 It's not just the rabbi who is full Superlatives, including the Indian one 76 00:03:31,849 --> 00:03:35,109 Film industry where Uday works, is one of the largest in the world. 77 00:03:35,609 --> 00:03:38,649 Around two thousand five hundred Films are made here every year. 78 00:03:40,228 --> 00:03:41,089 Thank you very much. 79 00:03:42,769 --> 00:03:45,430 Has been working for fourteen years Uday there as a personal 80 00:03:45,489 --> 00:03:47,750 Assistant, a so-called spot boy. 81 00:03:48,329 --> 00:03:49,609 Hey, good to see you again. 82 00:03:49,809 --> 00:03:50,069 Hi. 83 00:03:50,489 --> 00:03:52,510 Today he will see me through run his neighborhood. 84 00:03:52,728 --> 00:03:55,889 And so that we understand each other better, I have a translator with me. 85 00:03:56,189 --> 00:03:57,949 Are you afraid that I? got hit by the traffic? 86 00:03:58,209 --> 00:04:01,149 Yeah, I mean, I was, I didn't you want to get hit by the traffic. 87 00:04:01,489 --> 00:04:02,450 I try my best. 88 00:04:03,290 --> 00:04:06,349 The USA and Israel have just attacked Iran. 89 00:04:06,769 --> 00:04:10,069 That's why gas is scarce in India and we struggle to find a cafe 90 00:04:10,129 --> 00:04:11,728 find someone who sells us a chai. 91 00:04:21,789 --> 00:04:24,189 Therefore use here some coal instead of gas. 92 00:04:26,781 --> 00:04:28,521 I still get my chai 93 00:04:31,197 --> 00:04:33,977 For many people outside India's Dharavi is above all 94 00:04:34,017 --> 00:04:35,657 known by Slumdog Millionaire. 95 00:04:36,098 --> 00:04:39,618 The pictures of children in the tight growing up in the streets of the district 96 00:04:39,657 --> 00:04:41,757 shaped the international image of Dharavi. 97 00:04:43,257 --> 00:04:45,677 Since then, the district has been primarily associated with poverty. 98 00:04:46,277 --> 00:04:49,517 But how much does this picture have? actually to do with Uday's life here? 99 00:04:50,957 --> 00:04:52,257 He takes me to his house. 100 00:04:52,638 --> 00:04:54,637 They have one this morning Get water delivery. 101 00:04:54,997 --> 00:04:56,777 That's why you have to go here be careful where you step. 102 00:05:03,626 --> 00:05:04,885 Going up? 103 00:05:05,166 --> 00:05:05,525 Going up. 104 00:05:05,905 --> 00:05:06,145 Okay. 105 00:05:06,645 --> 00:05:07,226 Shoes out? 106 00:05:07,705 --> 00:05:08,666 Ah, upstairs. 107 00:05:09,186 --> 00:05:09,525 Upstairs? 108 00:05:09,786 --> 00:05:10,166 Upstairs. 109 00:05:13,926 --> 00:05:17,205 Uday is forty and lives here his wife and two children. 110 00:05:17,265 --> 00:05:18,705 It's very steep up here. 111 00:05:20,426 --> 00:05:21,405 So this is your home. 112 00:05:21,726 --> 00:05:23,066 Thank you so much for having us. 113 00:05:23,306 --> 00:05:24,046 This is my home. 114 00:05:24,356 --> 00:05:26,285 A little small home. 115 00:05:26,506 --> 00:05:27,116 Small home. 116 00:05:27,566 --> 00:05:28,945 This is bathroom. 117 00:05:29,606 --> 00:05:29,926 Toilet. 118 00:05:32,346 --> 00:05:35,066 And this is water tank. 119 00:05:35,096 --> 00:05:39,066 The thousand fills up every two days liter water tank at the push of a button. 120 00:05:40,186 --> 00:05:42,405 Bizli hey, Pani hey. 121 00:05:43,626 --> 00:05:44,986 Everything. 122 00:05:45,126 --> 00:05:45,645 Everything. 123 00:05:47,126 --> 00:05:50,445 I would like to know from Uday what he did before he started, 124 00:05:50,506 --> 00:05:51,846 to work in the film industry. 125 00:05:52,606 --> 00:05:55,085 Selling clothes. 126 00:05:55,525 --> 00:05:56,366 Selling clothes. 127 00:05:56,606 --> 00:05:57,905 Working as a waiter. 128 00:05:58,126 --> 00:05:59,945 And BMC garbage. 129 00:06:01,405 --> 00:06:02,265 Garbage van. 130 00:06:03,085 --> 00:06:04,306 Working as a garbage man. 131 00:06:05,285 --> 00:06:05,606 Cleaning. 132 00:06:05,726 --> 00:06:09,726 Then 133 00:06:14,546 --> 00:06:17,525 landing his first job as personal assistant 134 00:06:17,546 --> 00:06:18,726 in Mumbai's Film Industry. 135 00:06:19,246 --> 00:06:21,966 His first working relationships However, they were very toxic. 136 00:06:23,085 --> 00:06:26,066 Last last I made this mistake If you cow, you will also get your punishment. 137 00:06:27,445 --> 00:06:30,544 Matlab apko matlab shout apke upar There was too much shouting. 138 00:06:30,726 --> 00:06:35,426 To boy in our industry and The relationship with the artist is like this 139 00:06:35,885 --> 00:06:38,426 Which place is so good? Some places are also very bad. 140 00:06:39,265 --> 00:06:41,585 Sitting there with Anand work together, could use 141 00:06:41,645 --> 00:06:43,376 could hardly be happier, he says. 142 00:06:44,006 --> 00:06:45,506 Wo mere malak ki tarah nahi hai. 143 00:06:46,306 --> 00:06:47,466 Where mere bhai ki tarah hai. 144 00:06:49,205 --> 00:06:52,905 Matlab where main unke paas off naukar ki tarah kaam nahi karta. 145 00:06:53,366 --> 00:06:54,686 Wo ek bhai ki tarah rakhte hai mujhe. 146 00:06:55,765 --> 00:06:57,705 And then Uday shows me his neighborhood. 147 00:06:58,986 --> 00:07:01,246 At first glance it works they are extremely chaotic. 148 00:07:01,825 --> 00:07:04,966 But hidden behind the chaos a huge network 149 00:07:05,025 --> 00:07:06,606 small workshops and businesses. 150 00:07:08,186 --> 00:07:14,905 Here we sew, tan, welded and recycled. 151 00:07:15,926 --> 00:07:19,325 So Dharavi is not just a slum, but also a working-class district, 152 00:07:19,986 --> 00:07:23,186 one of the most productive informal ones Economic zones of India. 153 00:07:24,346 --> 00:07:26,066 Plastic Recycle Karkhana hai na. 154 00:07:26,866 --> 00:07:28,085 Thoda dekhe aayenge phir. 155 00:07:28,126 --> 00:07:28,866 Dekhe aayenge. 156 00:07:28,945 --> 00:07:29,486 Bolo unko. 157 00:07:31,165 --> 00:07:34,346 Tons end up here every day Plastic waste from all over Mumbai. 158 00:07:34,806 --> 00:07:38,066 This has made Dharavi one the most important recycling centers 159 00:07:38,106 --> 00:07:39,045 of the country developed. 160 00:07:45,033 --> 00:07:46,793 The workers give us an insight. 161 00:07:48,173 --> 00:07:50,233 I follow a deafening noise 162 00:07:52,937 --> 00:07:54,937 Old ones are here Shredded plastic parts. 163 00:07:55,277 --> 00:07:57,717 Afterwards they are taken away, melted down and 164 00:07:57,736 --> 00:07:58,937 processed later. 165 00:07:59,477 --> 00:08:01,157 You won't find protective clothing here. 166 00:08:09,496 --> 00:08:12,337 Uday is proud of what is in its neighborhood. 167 00:08:50,697 --> 00:08:53,737 Earned about six fifty euros one worker here a day. 168 00:08:54,377 --> 00:08:59,577 Uday is happy to work in the film industry to be able to, where, depending on the order, he has around ten 169 00:08:59,617 --> 00:09:01,777 can earn up to fifteen times as much. 170 00:09:04,537 --> 00:09:08,418 Back from the slum to the five-star hotel, where Uday helps Anand get involved 171 00:09:08,477 --> 00:09:09,777 to finish his performance. 172 00:09:18,749 --> 00:09:22,490 A personal assistant likes seem unusual, but Udays 173 00:09:22,530 --> 00:09:26,109 Support is limited to Everyday work and is in the Indian 174 00:09:26,109 --> 00:09:27,689 Film industry nothing unusual 175 00:09:30,170 --> 00:09:33,348 Anand also does some things himself, today, for example, his make-up. 176 00:09:34,569 --> 00:09:37,829 And for personal emergencies then Uday is still there. 177 00:09:39,589 --> 00:09:41,149 Simran, she is still pushing the cake. 178 00:09:42,129 --> 00:09:42,949 So hair product. 179 00:09:42,968 --> 00:09:47,589 Hair Gel. 180 00:09:49,409 --> 00:09:52,130 Often even small things can become a challenge. 181 00:09:52,569 --> 00:09:56,069 Uday knows this and takes care of everything, what has to work in the background. 182 00:09:57,608 --> 00:09:57,649 Hair. 183 00:10:08,109 --> 00:10:10,469 Hardly a wish is fulfilled, the next one is coming. 184 00:10:10,909 --> 00:10:12,749 Anand needs more light in the bathroom. 185 00:10:13,329 --> 00:10:17,209 Admittedly, I know that demanding my friend Anand actually only at work. 186 00:10:17,669 --> 00:10:20,389 Apart from that, his works Life is much more modest. 187 00:10:20,969 --> 00:10:22,989 But as an actor he has to deliver. 188 00:10:23,669 --> 00:10:25,209 It's the kind of clothes I'm wearing. 189 00:10:30,237 --> 00:10:31,838 Ma stay a po' lì che ti portiamo la canna 190 00:10:34,204 --> 00:10:37,106 One thing is clear: between Udays and Anand's life is worlds apart. 191 00:10:38,204 --> 00:10:41,005 For Uday, these differences seem to simply be part of everyday life. 192 00:10:55,765 --> 00:10:58,285 But some things have changed Uday still not used to it. 193 00:11:03,365 --> 00:11:05,084 From Bollywood back to Dharavi. 194 00:11:05,525 --> 00:11:08,245 Here Uday takes me further through the dense network of narrow 195 00:11:08,285 --> 00:11:10,085 Alleys around the recycling plants. 196 00:11:19,126 --> 00:11:22,685 Before the plastic is shredded can, it has to be sorted first. 197 00:11:23,105 --> 00:11:24,345 This is where I meet Srinat. 198 00:11:24,745 --> 00:11:26,165 He is thirty-eight years old. 199 00:11:26,585 --> 00:11:28,285 You can see the hard work on him. 200 00:11:28,805 --> 00:11:30,646 He has been doing this job for twenty years. 201 00:11:33,737 --> 00:11:38,337 But I also see that he has this here Plastic separated and while 202 00:11:38,797 --> 00:11:40,897 Watching Bollywood films on mobile phones. 203 00:11:49,977 --> 00:11:53,237 Bollywood films have always been a way to escape everyday life for one 204 00:11:53,297 --> 00:11:57,397 moment to escape, into one World full of drama, dance and music. 205 00:11:58,438 --> 00:12:01,997 But how does Srinath feel about this? Backbreaking job for decades? 206 00:12:02,297 --> 00:12:06,297 Because 207 00:12:11,777 --> 00:12:14,897 he addresses it openly on his own initiative, I want to know from Srinath, 208 00:12:15,097 --> 00:12:16,698 how he feels about the caste system. 209 00:12:33,837 --> 00:12:36,897 Officially it became Indian Caste system already with the 210 00:12:36,957 --> 00:12:39,837 Constitution abolished in 1950. 211 00:12:39,877 --> 00:12:41,898 But the reality often looks different. 212 00:12:46,997 --> 00:12:51,057 For Uday both are the champagne as well as the heavy machete is unusual. 213 00:12:51,777 --> 00:12:55,737 He moves between two worlds and has a humanistic worldview. 214 00:13:01,021 --> 00:13:05,021 Then 215 00:13:19,601 --> 00:13:24,081 Uday leads me to Inamullah, who gives me shows his work and living area. 216 00:13:45,426 --> 00:13:49,426 It 217 00:13:55,906 --> 00:13:58,686 gives only a few clues on that this small space 218 00:13:58,826 --> 00:14:02,366 actually the permanent home of up to five people. 219 00:14:03,286 --> 00:14:07,426 Many people have misconceptions both from Dharavi and from 220 00:14:07,466 --> 00:14:09,206 the film industry, says Uday. 221 00:14:17,066 --> 00:14:21,066 Udays 222 00:14:42,886 --> 00:14:44,546 Life seems like a contradiction. 223 00:14:45,186 --> 00:14:50,126 During the day he moves between film sets, red carpet and champagne glasses. 224 00:14:50,686 --> 00:14:53,046 In the evening he returns to Dharavi. 225 00:14:53,056 --> 00:14:57,526 I ask him: Isn't it strange to experience the world of stars every day 226 00:14:57,546 --> 00:14:59,306 and never really fit in? 227 00:15:00,806 --> 00:15:04,806 While 228 00:15:18,126 --> 00:15:21,486 many people in Dharavi work in difficult conditions, 229 00:15:21,526 --> 00:15:24,726 Uday found a way which gives him a stable income, 230 00:15:25,226 --> 00:15:27,226 security and perspective. 231 00:15:28,386 --> 00:15:31,806 There is more between him and Anand for a long time originated as just an employment relationship. 232 00:15:32,626 --> 00:15:36,066 It's trust, friendship and mutual respect. 233 00:15:37,106 --> 00:15:40,606 Maybe this kind of relationship works foreign to us, but to Uday 234 00:15:40,666 --> 00:15:44,566 Above all, it means a good thing Life between slum and glamour. 235 00:15:46,306 --> 00:15:50,066 If you want to know more about Anand's life in If you want to know Mumbai's film industry, 236 00:15:50,266 --> 00:15:54,666 then take a look at our new one now Y collective film “My best friend is 237 00:15:54,766 --> 00:15:57,746 Bollywood Star" in the ARD media library. 238 00:15:59,146 --> 00:15:59,626 Action!