But that day what I saw on stage blew my mind.
FILM DILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGE MOVIE
Now, till then, I was a kid who was an avid movie watcher and what I loved the most was big screen Indian blockbusters. The lights dimmed, the curtains lifted and what unfolded in the next 3 hours left me speechless and stunned. My parents took my brother and me for our first musical theatre experience. Aditya ChopraĪDITYA CHOPRA’s NOTE ON HIS BROADWAY DIRECTORIAL : A global casting search begins shortly headed by Duncan Stewart of Stewart/Whitley casting and Yash Raj Films casting head Shanoo Sharma. Adam Zotovich is the Executive Producer for the project.Ĭome Fall in Love – The DDLJ Musical is set to be on stage in the Broadway season of 2022-2023, with a World Premiere at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego September 2022. The design team will also include set design by Emmy and Tony Award winner Derek McLane (Moulin Rouge!, Hairspray Live!, 33 Variations) and music supervision by Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award-winning Bill Sherman (In The Heights, Sesame Street, Hamilton). Tony and Emmy winner Rob Ashford (Frozen, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Boys from Syracuse) will choreograph with associate choreographer Shruti Merchant. Based on an original story by Chopra, the musical will feature book and lyrics by Laurence Oliver Award-winner Nell Benjamin (Legally Blonde, Mean Girls), top Indian songwriters Vishal Dadlani & Shekhar Ravjiani will serve as composers. Aditya has been working on this passion project for the past three years and has roped in a stellar, extremely diverse team, comprising some of the best talents of Broadway and India for the same.Ĭome Fall in Love – The DDLJ Musical is being produced by Yash Raj Films. He strongly feels Broadway and Indian films are ‘two long lost lovers separated in time’ because of their intrinsic similarities as both celebrate heart-warming stories and human emotions through music and dance.
Popularly called DDLJ, it is one of the highest grossing movies in the history of Indian cinema and the biggest IP of the country’s rich and diverse movie industry.Īfter 26 years, Aditya Chopra is set to direct DDLJ again and it will mark his debut as a director on Broadway. His debut directorial, the historic romantic film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, which released in 1995, is still running in theatres. Yash Raj Films is the biggest Indian studio and it’s Chairman and Managing Director, Aditya Chopra, has directed and produced some of the biggest blockbusters in the history of Indian cinema. ‘Western musical theatre and Indian films are two long lost lovers separated in time’ : says biggest Indian film-maker Aditya Chopra, who is set to make his Broadway debut as a director with his record-setting worldwide blockbuster, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ)* "It says that it is cool to be Raj and Simran while maintaining our Indianness and culture," actor Shah Rukh Khan said of the film last year.DDLJ Broadway Logo – Photo Credit: Yashraj Films The idea of a "love" marriage was still seen as rebellious in 1990s India, but the finale where Simran's father finally gives in provided the perfect family-friendly ending. But a few black eyes later true love prevails. Raj tries to win her family over, but it all ends up in a bloody fight scene (where grown men are seen hitting each other with sticks). A boy named Raj falls for a young woman named Simran, her father disapproves and tries to marry her off to someone else. It also fulfilled every cliche in the Bollywood rule book, while showing a new self-confidence about the portrayal of love.
The romance forged by two expat Indians who meet on an inter-railing trip around Europe, still warms hearts today, however outdated it now feels. To the uninitiated, this film was significant to Bollywood, as When Harry Met Sally was to Hollywood - a rom-com which defined a generation.
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