It filled me with the same joy and emotions that a good Indian film does. The burst of colours, the heightened drama, the passionate singing, the unabashed dancing, a classic story, a happy end. It was just not the fact that both use songs to tell the story, it was much more than that, it was the feeling they evoked which was exactly the same. But the most significant aspect that resonated with me was how similar musical theatre was to our Indian films. I couldn’t believe that this kind of spectacle could be created live on stage. But that day what I saw on stage blew my mind. 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. In a press statement, Aditya Chopra spoke up about this new beginning: Chopra 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.
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.
It will be called ‘Come Fall in Love - The DDLJ Musical’. After 26 years, Chopra is set to direct ‘DDLJ’ again and it will mark his debut as a director on Broadway. Filmmaker and YRF head honcho, Aditya Chopra’s debut directorial, the historic romantic film ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ (DDLJ), which was released in 1995, is still running in theatres.
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