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Musical Play: Mughal-E-Azam

A MUST SEE

Directed by

FEROZ ABBAS KHAN

A NCPA AND SHAPOORJI PALLONJI PRESENTATION

(A creation around the famous movie Mughal-e-Azam)

    Mughal-e-Azam (starring Prithviraj Kapoor, Madhubala, Dilip Kumar, Durga Khote, Nigar Sultana, Ajit & Murad) is an epic historical film, directed by K.Asif and produced under the banner of Sterling Investment Corp Pvt Ltd (Shapoorji Pallonji). Prince Salim’s love for Anarkali (a courtesan) leads him to rebel against his father, Emperor Akbar. The plot involves a powerful drama around this confrontation. Interspersed with beautiful dance numbers. The soundtrack, inspired by the Indian classical music, comprises of 12 songs, and is considered among the finest soundtracks in the history of Indian cinema. Nine years in the making and costing ten times more than films made at the time, Mughal-e-Azam remains an all time top grosser of the Indian box-office.

    Such has been the power of the film. That when it was re-released in colour in 2004 with six-track digital sound. It again ran for 25 weeks in theatres. Now, in 2016, for the first time ever in India, a classic film is presented on stage as a Musical Play.

-: GRATITUDE:-

Mr. SHAPOOR P. MISTRY

AND

1. KHUSHROO N. SUNTOOK

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LIGHTING & DESIGN: DAVID LANDER

COSTUME DESIGN: MANISH MALHOTRA

CHOREOGRAPHY: MAYURI UPADHAYA

SCENIC DESIGN: NEIL PATEL

BACKGROUND SCORE: PIYUSH KANOJIA

PROJECTION DESIGN: RICHARD NOWELL

CASTING: MUKESH CHHABRA

CAST

AKBAR: NISSAR KHAN

ANARKALI: PRIYANKA BARVE/NEHA SARGAM

SALEEM: SUNIL KUMAR PALWAL/DHANVEER SINGH

NARRATOR/SANGTARSH: RAJESH JAIS

BAHAR: ASHIMA MAHAJAN

JODHA: SONAL JHA/BHARGAVI CHIRMULEY

MAAN SINGH: TAM BAHADUR RENU

SURAIYA: PALVI JASWAL

DURJAN: AMIT PATHAK/CHIRAG GARG

ANARKALI’S MOTHER: SHWETA PADDA

YOUNG SALEEM: BHAVESH BABANI

KALARIPAYATTU ARTIST: ARPIT SINGH AND VIPIN KAZHIPURATH

P.S. ALL SONGS IN THIS PLAY ARE SUNG LIVE AND ARE NOT PRE-RECORDED

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I happened to see the play in Mumbai last year. It is indeed worth watching.

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By Kamlesh Tripathi

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