Aditya Chopra To Recreate Raj And Simran’s Love Story For His Broadway Debut Come Fall In Love. The DDLJ Musical

Aditya Chopra launched the love story of Raj and Simran in 1996 and other people everywhere in the world fell in love with Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol starrer Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. Now, 26 years later, the story can be chronicled as a Broadway musical. On Saturday, the filmmaker introduced that he’ll make his Broadway debut with the musical model of the blockbuster hit movie.Also Read – Wrong, Unjustified: Aryan Khan Tells Court NCB ‘Misinterpreting’ WhatsApp Chats to Implicate Him in Drugs Case The filmmaker is “terribly nervous and incredibly excited” in regards to the Broadway musical and he feels “23 again (the same age I was when I directed DDLJ)”. I’m a hardcore cinema man, I’ve by no means accomplished theatre in my life and right here I’m making an attempt to tug off the craziest ambition of my life,” he stated in a word shared with the media. Also Read – Ananya Panday Tells NCB She Was ‘Joking’ in WhatsApp Chats With Aryan Khan About Procuring Ganja- Reports Backed by Yash Raj Films, “DDLJ”, because it got here to be recognized by, is taken into account one of many landmark movies in Indian cinema. The romance drama, which launched on October 20, 1995, propelled its lead stars Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol to stardom and made them probably the most liked onscreen pairs. Titled “Come Fall In Love. The DDLJ – Musical”, the Broadway present can be produced by Chopra’s Yash Raj Films. Based on an unique story by Chopra, the musical will characteristic e-book and lyrics by Laurence Olivier Award-winner Nell Benjamin of “Legally Blonde” and “Mean Girls” fame. Music director duo Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani will function composers, whereas Tony and Emmy winner Rob Ashford will choreograph with affiliate choreographer Shruti Merchant. Tony winner Derek McLane, who earlier labored on musicals like “Moulin Rouge!”, “Hairspray Live!” and “33 Variations”, will design the set with music supervision by Bill Sherman. Adam Zotovich will govt produce the Broadway musical. Also Read – Ananya Panday to Appear Before NCB on Friday Again, Aryan’s Custody Extended Till Oct 30 | Top Points

“Come Fall In Love. The DDLJ – Musical” can be on stage within the Broadway season of 2022-2023, with a world premiere on the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego September 2022. A worldwide casting search begins shortly headed by Duncan Stewart of Stewart/Whitley casting and Yash Raj Films casting head Shanoo Sharma. In his word, Chopra recalled his earliest reminiscence of attending a Broadway present again in 1985 when his filmmaker father Yash Chopra took him and his brother Uday Chopra to their “first musical theatre experience. The 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 couldn’t believe that this kind of spectacle could be created live on stage,” he stated. Chopra stated what resonated with him was the truth that the musical theatre was so just like Indian movies.”It was simply not the truth that each use songs to inform the story, it was rather more than that, it was the sensation they evoked which was precisely the identical. The burst of colors, the heightened drama, the passionate singing, the unabashed dancing, a basic story, a contented finish. It stuffed me with the identical pleasure and feelings {that a} good Indian movie does.”I realised then, that worlds aside, languages aside, western musical theatre and Indian movies are two lengthy misplaced lovers separated in time.”

The filmmaker stated “Come Fall In Love. The DDLJ – Musical” is essentially the most formidable undertaking of his life. “I’m reuniting two long-lost lovers, Broadway Musical and Indian Films,” he added. Chopra additionally revealed that he initially needed to make “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge” with Hollywood star Tom Cruise. But finally made the film in Hindi with Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol as lead stars. “The film created history and changed my life and many others forever. But what many don’t know is that I never intended to make DDLJ in Hindi. As 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 didn’t happen,” he stated. The filmmaker, nevertheless, is glad for his Hindi debut that gave him his “identity” and kickstarted a tremendous journey, and stated he’ll all the time be grateful.

“26 years later I’m 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 cultures two worlds.But 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 language Broadway Musical for a worldwide audience,” he added. Chopra stated he could also be nervous however he’s counting on a unbelievable crew who has labored with for the previous three years in creating “this passion project”. “I 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. I’m once again a student, each one of my team members is more experienced than me in the world of theatre, I’m the rookie and I’m loving every moment of it. I’m all set to learn, explore, create and enjoy with these wonderful theatre artists and the magical world of Broadway musicals,” he stated.

Nell Benjamin stated “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge” was his introduction to the world of Indian cinema.”I used to be so glad to be approached to do the musical and I hope my work helps everybody fall in love with Simran and Rog and their journey throughout a number of cultures to like.The world can all the time use a little bit extra cultural understanding, and I can’t wait to take a seat in a theater with an viewers sharing the enjoyment and shock of ‘Come Fall In Love: The DDLJ Musical’,” she added.