Oscar, BAFTA and Grammy winning composer A.R. Rahman (“Slumdog Millionaire”) and revered “Elizabeth” and “Bandit Queen” filmmaker Shekhar Kapur have teamed to cr…
The musical follows the journey of a curious girl who goes on a journey with her grandfather to search for the true meaning of existence. During their quest, the girl gets lured into a different world where the power lies within her to be the change she wants to be. The lead actors include Bollywood actor Jaaved Jaaferi and Shubshri Kandiah, who played the title role in the Australian stage production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella.
Kapur and Rahman’s commission came without a remit, giving them carte blanche to create. They previously collaborated on musical “Bombay Dreams,” produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and on 2007 movie “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” but the duo say that they are constantly creating together and their process has never really stopped.“The good thing about this whole thing nobody is telling you ‘we have to cater to this audience or that audience,” Rahman told.
Kapur says that Rahman’s compositions speak to the idea of “forever” and present “an infinite quality” to audiences via compositions and storytelling. In turn, Rahman says that Kapur “looks at everything” and with “a lot of wisdom and forethought” adds up ideas which have a “legendary quality.” Next up for Rahman is two concerts by the Firdaus Orchestra, an all-woman ensemble of 50 musicians from 23 Arab countries curated by the composer, on Feb. 6 and March 8, International Women’s Day, as part of Expo 2020 Dubai. Rahman and Firdaus have just released a rendition of Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” on Apple Music.
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