ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to show the role of interpersonal relations as an essential element of Indian production culture and to point out the role of the individual dimension in international film production. Determining the nature of this relationship required a qualitative approach. The primary method was individual in-depth interviews with key actors involved in Indian film production in Poland. First, the concept of production culture is introduced and discussed with reference to intercultural filmmaking. Next, the chapter attempts to explain the background of the critical element in collaboration with the Indian film industry: interpersonal relationships. It is argued that they may be the key to collaboration between the two film industries. To support that empirically, the chapter moves on to characterise the Indian film production culture from the perspective of Polish filmmakers. In doing so, the differences between the Polish and Indian production cultures are presented. The chapter shows the informal side of the film industry, which plays an essential role in India. The last section tries to demonstrate how these differences in production cultures can be used to their advantage and how the embeddedness in the network of interpersonal relationships was used in Polish–Indian film cooperation.
