'Come Fall in Love — The DDLJ musical' will re-set the 1995 love story in the U.S., with an Indian-American woman and an American man
In 1995, 23-year-old Indian filmmaker Aditya Chopra wrote and directed his first Bollywood movie, “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.” The globe-hopping romantic comedy told the story of two young British Indians, Raj and Simran, who fall hopelessly in love, even though Simran has been pledged by her father to an arranged marriage with a stranger in India.
Over the years, Hindi cinema has changed dramatically, and so have the societal mores that once forbade young Indian women from making their own choices. So Chopra, who is directing the musical at the Globe, said he is approaching the story with fresh eyes and the understanding that the musical’s primary audience will be Americans.
About five years ago, Benjamin said she was chatting with a theater investor friend about her passion for Bollywood films, and the friend said he’d just met Chopra and discovered he was planning to turn “DDLJ” into a Broadway musical. Not long after that, Chopra met Benjamin and hired her to write the musical’s book and lyrics.
“Her father worked very hard to raise his daughter as an Indian woman steeped in her culture. He’s trying to hold on to the place he loves and give that to his daughter. But they’re in America now. Adi wanted to tell the story about two cultures colliding and falling in love,” Benjamin said.“Simran is our heroine,” Benjamin said. “She’s the one sitting where the two cultures come together.
“For this story, there is both. There’s a place where we want to move beyond cultural stereotypes and move to cultural understanding. We wanted to make sure that we’re not just putting up a festival of India. You’re falling in love with what has been created by Indian and Indian American and American artists’ interpretations of an incredibly complex, ancient and awesome modern culture.
The film’s score is most famous for its recurring love theme, played on a mandolin in the song “Tuihe Dekha Toh” . Dadlani said there will be “subtle tributes” to these melodies in the musical, but the score will be original and diverse.
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