Aditya Chopra announces his Broadway debut with ComeFall In Love The DDLJ – Musical
Mumbai Oct 23 PTI It was in 1995 when Aditya Chopra presented the love story of Raj and Simran and now 26 years later the tale is set to be chronicled as a Broadway musicalChopra on Saturday announced that he will make his Broadway debut as a director with the musical version of the classic romance movieThe filmmaker is terribly nervous and incredibly excited about the Broadway musical and he feels 23 again the same age I was when I directed DDLJ Im a hardcore cinema guy I have never done theatre in my life and here I am trying to pull off the craziest ambition of my life he said in a note shared with the mediaBacked by Yash Raj Films DDLJ as it came to be known by is considered one of the landmark films in Indian cinemaThe romance drama which released on October 20 1995 propelled its lead stars Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol to stardom and made them one of the most loved onscreen pairsTitled ComeFall In Love The DDLJ – Musical the Broadway show will be produced by Chopras Yash Raj FilmsBased on an original story by Chopra the musical will feature book and lyrics byLaurence Olivier Award-winnerNell Benjamin of Legally Blonde and Mean Girls fameMusic director duo Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani will serve as composers while Tony and Emmy winner Rob Ashford will choreographwith associate choreographerShruti MerchantTony winner Derek McLane who earlier worked on musicals like Moulin Rouge Hairspray Live and 33 Variations will design the set with music supervision by Bill Sherman Adam Zotovich will executive produce the Broadway musicalComeFall In Love The DDLJ – Musical will be on stage in theBroadwayseason of 2022-2023 with aworld premiere at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego September 2022 A global casting search begins shortly headed by Duncan Stewart of StewartWhitley casting and Yash Raj Films casting head Shanoo SharmaIn his note Chopra recalled his earliest memory of attending a Broadway show back in 1985 when his filmmaker father Yash Chopra took him and his brother Uday Chopra to their first musical theatre experienceThe lights dimmed the curtains lifted and what unfolded in the next 3 hours left me speechless and stunned Now till then I was a kid who was an avid movie watcher and what I loved the most was big screen Indian blockbusters But that day what I saw on stage blew my mind I couldnt believe that this kind of spectacle could be created live on stage he saidChopra said what resonated with him was the fact that the musical theatre was so similar to Indian films 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 The burst of colours the heightened drama the passionate singing the unabashed dancing a classic story a happy end It filled me with the same joy and emotions that a good Indian film does I realised then that worlds apart languages apart western musical theatre and Indian films are two long lost lovers separated in time The filmmaker said ComeFall In Love The DDLJ – Musical is the most ambitious project of his lifeIm reuniting two long lost loversBroadwayMusical and Indian Films he addedChopra also revealed that he initially wanted to make Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge with Hollywood star Tom CruiseBut eventually made the movie in Hindi with Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol as lead starsThe film created history and changed my life and many others forever But what many dont know is that I never intended to make DDLJ in HindiAs a 23 year old young man greatly influenced by Hollywood and American pop culture I thought I would make a couple of Indian films and then I would be off to Hollywood and make DDLJ for a worldwide English speaking audience with Tom Cruise as my leading man That obviously didnt happen he saidThe filmmaker however is glad for his Hindi debut that gave him his identity and kickstarted an amazing journey and said he will always be grateful26 years later Im going back to my original vision of the story of DDLJ a love story of an American boy and an Indian girl a love story of two culturestwo worldsBut this time the medium is not cinema but theatre 26 years later I will be directing DDLJ all over again but this time as an English languageBroadwayMusical for a worldwide audience he addedChopra said he may be nervous but he is relying on a fantastic team who has worked with for the past three years in developingthis passion projectI have learnt so much from them and discovered the unbelievable talent that the Broadway community has I feel 23 again the same age I was when I directed DDLJ Im once again a student each one of my team members is more experienced than me in the world of theatre Im the rookie and Im loving every moment of it Im all set to learn explore create and enjoy with these wonderful theatre artists and the magical world ofBroadwaymusicals he saidNell Benjamin said Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge was his introduction to the world of Indian cinemaI was so happy to be approached to do the musical and I hope my work helps everyone fall in love with Simran and Rog and their journey across multiple cultures to love The world can always use a little more cultural understanding and I cant wait to sit in a theater with an audience sharing the joy and surprise ofCome Fall In Love The DDLJ Musical she added PTI RB BK SHD SHD
Mumbai Oct 23 PTI It was in 1995 when Aditya Chopra presented the love story of Raj and Simran and now 26 years later the tale is set to be chronicled as a Broadway musicalChopra on Saturday announced that he will make his Broadway debut as a director with the musical version of the classic romance movieThe filmmaker is terribly nervous and incredibly excited about the Broadway musical and he feels 23 again the same age I was when I directed DDLJ Im a hardcore cinema guy I have never done theatre in my life and here I am trying to pull off the craziest ambition of my life he said in a note shared with the mediaBacked by Yash Raj Films DDLJ as it came to be known by is considered one of the landmark films in Indian cinemaThe romance drama which released on October 20 1995 propelled its lead stars Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol to stardom and made them one of the most loved onscreen pairsTitled ComeFall In Love The DDLJ – Musical the Broadway show will be produced by Chopras Yash Raj FilmsBased on an original story by Chopra the musical will feature book and lyrics byLaurence Olivier Award-winnerNell Benjamin of Legally Blonde and Mean Girls fameMusic director duo Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani will serve as composers while Tony and Emmy winner Rob Ashford will choreographwith associate choreographerShruti MerchantTony winner Derek McLane who earlier worked on musicals like Moulin Rouge Hairspray Live and 33 Variations will design the set with music supervision by Bill Sherman Adam Zotovich will executive produce the Broadway musicalComeFall In Love The DDLJ – Musical will be on stage in theBroadwayseason of 2022-2023 with aworld premiere at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego September 2022 A global casting search begins shortly headed by Duncan Stewart of StewartWhitley casting and Yash Raj Films casting head Shanoo SharmaIn his note Chopra recalled his earliest memory of attending a Broadway show back in 1985 when his filmmaker father Yash Chopra took him and his brother Uday Chopra to their first musical theatre experienceThe lights dimmed the curtains lifted and what unfolded in the next 3 hours left me speechless and stunned Now till then I was a kid who was an avid movie watcher and what I loved the most was big screen Indian blockbusters But that day what I saw on stage blew my mind I couldnt believe that this kind of spectacle could be created live on stage he saidChopra said what resonated with him was the fact that the musical theatre was so similar to Indian films 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 The burst of colours the heightened drama the passionate singing the unabashed dancing a classic story a happy end It filled me with the same joy and emotions that a good Indian film does I realised then that worlds apart languages apart western musical theatre and Indian films are two long lost lovers separated in time The filmmaker said ComeFall In Love The DDLJ – Musical is the most ambitious project of his lifeIm reuniting two long lost loversBroadwayMusical and Indian Films he addedChopra also revealed that he initially wanted to make Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge with Hollywood star Tom CruiseBut eventually made the movie in Hindi with Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol as lead starsThe film created history and changed my life and many others forever But what many dont know is that I never intended to make DDLJ in HindiAs a 23 year old young man greatly influenced by Hollywood and American pop culture I thought I would make a couple of Indian films and then I would be off to Hollywood and make DDLJ for a worldwide English speaking audience with Tom Cruise as my leading man That obviously didnt happen he saidThe filmmaker however is glad for his Hindi debut that gave him his identity and kickstarted an amazing journey and said he will always be grateful26 years later Im going back to my original vision of the story of DDLJ a love story of an American boy and an Indian girl a love story of two culturestwo worldsBut this time the medium is not cinema but theatre 26 years later I will be directing DDLJ all over again but this time as an English languageBroadwayMusical for a worldwide audience he addedChopra said he may be nervous but he is relying on a fantastic team who has worked with for the past three years in developingthis passion projectI have learnt so much from them and discovered the unbelievable talent that the Broadway community has I feel 23 again the same age I was when I directed DDLJ Im once again a student each one of my team members is more experienced than me in the world of theatre Im the rookie and Im loving every moment of it Im all set to learn explore create and enjoy with these wonderful theatre artists and the magical world ofBroadwaymusicals he saidNell Benjamin said Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge was his introduction to the world of Indian cinemaI was so happy to be approached to do the musical and I hope my work helps everyone fall in love with Simran and Rog and their journey across multiple cultures to love The world can always use a little more cultural understanding and I cant wait to sit in a theater with an audience sharing the joy and surprise ofCome Fall In Love The DDLJ Musical she added PTI RB BK SHD SHD
