Caminho Das ìndias - Soap Opera - Rede Globo De TV -

Caminho das Índias (Portuguese for Way to the Indias) is a popular Brazilian television soap opera, produced by Rede Globo and first broadcast on the network on January 19, 2009. It currently ranks within the top of the most watched shows in the 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. In the central plot, a forbidden love between two Indians of very different origins, Maya and Bahuan.
Written by Glória Perez, directed by Fred Mayrink, Leonardo Nogueira, Luciano and Roberto Sabino Carminatti; with core and the general direction of Marcos Schechtman. Setting in Rajasthan, India; in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Starring Juliana Paes as Maya, the main protagonist; Márcio Garcia and Rodrigo Lombardi as Bahuan and Raj respectively, the main male protagonists; and Letícia Sabatella as Yvone, the main antagonist.
The telenovela is originally screened as six one-hour chapters per week, from Monday to Saturday. It is 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 an chapter is currently between 35 and 40 points, with each point equivalent to sixty thousand households tuned on Rede Globo in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo.Caminho das Índias's artistic and general director, Marcos Schechtman, and director Fred Mayrink traveled to India to write the telenovela's first scenes, which started to be filmed on October 1, 2008, in the cities of Jaipur, known for its pink walls, and Agra, famous for Taj Mahal. In addition to 40 people from the Brazilian team, the telenovela had the partnership of a local producer. The modern architecture of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, also served as filming locations for the show at the end of October.