Ranbir Kapoor & Anurag Basu revive the culture of Musical in Bollywood
- IndiaGlitz, [Thursday,May 22 2014]
The magical Jodi of Ranbir Kapoor and Anurag Basu who enthralled the viewers with ÂBarfi are back with ÂJagga JasoosÂ. Anurag Basu , who is known for experimenting with movies this time is reviving BollywoodÂs winning formula of musical that once was the safest bet at the box office.
According to reports ÂJagga Jasoos will be having about 25 songs and will be an out-and-out musical with a pinch of suspense. For the younger generation this would be a novelty where the movieÂs lead actor Ranbir and Katrina Kaif will even communicate in songs, a trend popular in theatre in the early 30Âs and 40Âs.
Later when movies took centre space filmmakers could not resist the captivating appeal of songs hence music played a key role in the movies made in the early 30Âs and 40Âs. In fact in 1932 Madan Theatres' made a movie called ÂIndra Sabha that boosted of as many as 71 songs in the film.
Further music maestro NaushadÂs ÂRatan celebrated 75 weeks in Mumbai thanks to his super hit songs. Readers would be shocked to know the movie made twice the revenue from HMVÂs sale of records than from the box of collection of the movie!
Recently in Shah Rukh KhanÂs ÂChennai ExpressÂ, a similar approach was experimented in parts to great success. However this time Anurag Basu wishes to explore the same technique in a full length movie akin to Amol PalekarÂs ÂThodasa Romani Ho JayeinÂ.
The Ranbir Kapoor and Kaitrina Kaif starrer has music by Pritam Chakraborty. If the music works than a fun filled musical is expected but if the music misfires than the movie will be a dud like ÂThodasa Romani Ho JayeinÂ.
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