But that day what I saw on stage blew my mind.
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"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," Adi recalls. My parents took my brother and me for our first musical theatre experience. IMAGE: A scene from the super-hit song, Mehendi Laga Ke Rakhna. The design team will also include set design by Emmy and Tony Award winner Derek McLane ( Moulin Rouge!, Hairspray Live!, 33 Variations) and music supervision by Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award-winning Bill Sherman ( In The Heights, Sesame Street, Hamilton).Īdam Zotovich is the executive producer for the project.Ĭome Fall in Love - The DDLJ Musical is set to be on stage in the Broadway season of 2022-2023, with a world premiere at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego in September 2022.Ī global casting search begins shortly headed by Duncan Stewart of Stewart/Whitley casting and Yash Raj Films casting head Shanoo Sharma. Tony and Emmy winner Rob Ashford ( Frozen, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Boys from Syracuse) will choreograph with Associate hCoreographer Shruti Merchant. Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani will serve as composers. IMAGE: A scene from Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge.Ĭome Fall in Love - The DDLJ Musical is being produced by Yash Raj Films.īased on Adi's original story, the musical will feature book and lyrics by Laurence Olivier Award-winner Nell Benjamin ( Legally Blonde, Mean Girls). 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.Īdi 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. Popularly called DDLJ, it is one of the highest grossing movies in the history of Indian cinema.Īfter 26 years, Adi is set to direct DDLJ again and it will mark his debut as a director on Broadway. His debut directorial, the historic romantic film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, which released in 1995, is still running in theatres.
'Western musical theatre and Indian films are two long lost lovers separated in time,' says Aditya Chopra, who is set to make his Broadway debut as a director with his record-setting worldwide blockbuster, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.Īdi has directed and produced some of the biggest blockbusters in the history of Indian cinema.
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