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“Black and White” -
a story of an era of two colours.
The show - based on that golden
era of Hindi films from 1945 to 1968 when melody
was queen.
The golden era of Hindi Cinema
- which “painted” its screen with
the best of poetry and music.
An era when life was simple and
simple means were needed for a happy life. There
was contentment in small things and life was a
melody. Our cinema then reflected those times.
“Black and White” travels through
life of cinema from 1945 to 1968.
The journey visits landmarks like
K.L Saigal, Bimal Roy, V. Shantaram, and Guru
Dutt. En route, we meet the stylish Dev Anand,
tragedy king Dilip Kumar, showman Raj Kapoor,
the beautiful Madhubala, the classy Meena Kumari,
and “Yahoo” Shammi Kapoor, to name
a few.
“Black and White” is a collage of
performance on screen and stage. Aided by mega
screen audio-visuals, the performers on stage
blend with the celluloid, making music come alive
on stage. . The presentation format is reminiscent
of a stage musical where the singers “act”
the characters. The performance touches the finer
aspects of the era through the medium of music,
pictures, movie clips, anecdotes and trivia.
“Black and White” is
an attempt to give a third dimension to the celluloid
screen, restore links with our past, get nostalgic
and go back to our roots, to those moments which
we all want to relive.
The show was launched on
31st March 2007 at Yeshwantrao Chavan Auditorium
Kothrud and drew a tremendous response. Over the
next 4 weeks 4 more shows were performed in Pune
and Sangli.
As on 15th August 2007, "Black
& White" has performed more than 15 shows.
Conceptualized and Directed by:
Milind Oak
Written by: Pravin Joshi
Anchor: Rahul Solapurkar
Singers: Hrishikesh Ranade, Vibhawari
Apte, Jitendra Abhyankar and Swarada Gokhale.
(Times
of India, Lokmat
(20 July), Lokmat
(20 May), Indian
Express & Loksatta
report)
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