Wedding season arrives and Wizcraft is back with a magnificent Broadway-styled musical comedy which combines the popularity of Bollywood music and the craziness of an Indian (Punjabi) wedding.
Lets get up close with Viraf Sarkari on his new Broadway style musical "Balle Balle"
Editor : What is Balle Balle all about?
Viraf : Balle Balle is a Bollywood Musical Comedy. It is hilarious, heartfelt and revolves around the chaos of love, arranged marriages and weddings. It is modern Bollywood’s biggest original Blockbuster and a glorious addition to the world of family-friendly Musicals. Bursting with color, invention and spectacle, Balle Balle flits between comic zip and dramatic grit as it immerses the Audience immediately into the day’s long affair that is the decadent, colorful process of Indian weddings. This captivating revue has exquisitely worked-out its lavish physical details with the brightest talents enacting the bumbling romances of multiple star-crossed lovers in an exuberant mix of iconic Bollywood songs, sumptuous costumes, breathtaking visual sets and sizzling choreography.
Editor : What makes it different from other theatricals?
Viraf : It’s not a conventional classic theater play but a musical and that’s what makes it different. What I have done before in Zangoora, Jhumroo and Jaan-e-Jigar is all a fantasy space where as Balle Balle is a contemporary style which sets it apart from rest of the plays.
Editor : What is the idea behind the entire concept?
Viraf : The idea is to create something which showcases our Indian culture through a wedding, how it is celebrated and the fun families have during a wedding. People who are into the theatre business are into it more for hobby & passion including actors, technicians etc. their production budget is very small and therefore very few people would take up theatre as a profession. We have actually changed that, we have hired actors, dancers, crew and cast and trained them, given them employment. Also theatre is mainly seen as a weekend activity. There are plays on Saturdays- Sundays only. Nobody has ventured out into 7 days a week kind of a running model. We are venturing into this by following a Broadway, West end model by staging 8 shows in a week. This way we are trying to professionalize the theatre industry. Our productions are quite different from what you see in regular theatre. This way we are trying to professionalize the theatre industry. Our productions are quite different from what you see in regular theatre.
Editor : Which cities/city does Balle Balle plan to tour?
Viraf : Initially we are Kick starting this musical in Mumbai and then later we will tour the world. For 2018, we plan to start traveling across the world, including United Kingdom, Europe, USA, Asia Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Australia, Middle East and Thailand.
Balle Balle has been directed by Viraf Sarkari and produced by Andre Timmins, Sabbas Joseph and Viraf Sarkari.
With a Bollywood themed production and an interesting story line, it will keep the audiences hooked to their seats guessing the conclusion right till the end!You will feel, laugh, cry, dance and applaud every moment as the musical unfolds.
Watch Balle Balle Trailer Here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?V=j81t8Ln48J8
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