SCOOP!! & NEWS 'Bombay Dreams' coming to India!20th Jan 2005 17.45 IST By Aparajita Ghosh Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical 'Bombay Dreams' could soon come to the city that inspired it. Ironic as it may sound, but the play that captures the essence of Hindi films, their stereotypes and their gaudy glamour, is now likely to come to India after a rather disappointing run at New York's Broadway where it wasn't able to breakeven its investment of $14 million. 
'Bombay Dreams' had a dream run at London's West End where it played for about two years (from June 2002 to 2004). For the American version of the musical, certain changes were made in the cast and the script as well. But now that plans are afoot to bring the show to India, the question is - Will it appeal to the audience that have already been so much exposed to this genre? Kerry Comerford, general manager of Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Company in the Asia Pacific, has the answer: "It will require some re-visiting, as audiences here are exposed to this type of fare, so we have to see if they'll want to see it live." According to Comerford, there has been a lot of interest from India, Singapore, Malaysia, China and South Korea. "So we are here to identify possible venues and sponsors," he said in a news conference. It would cost $7 million to take the play to India and a new cast will be found for the Indian production. The music will have the best of both Broadway and West End. 'Bombay Dreams' tells the story of a slum dweller who dreams of becoming a Bollywood movie star and falls in love with the daughter of a film director. The story was written by British writer Meera Syal. The play has music by A R Rahman and choreography by Farah Khan . |
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