Zangoora | |
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Music | Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy |
Lyrics | Javed Akhtar |
Basis | Original screenplay by Javed Akhtar |
Premiere | 23 September 2010: Kingdom of Dreams, Gurgaon |
Zangoora – The Gypsy Prince is the first Bollywood musical. It was premiered on 23 September 2010 at Nautanki Mahal of Kingdom of Dreams, Gurgaon.[1] It has a cast of 110 members with Hussain Kuwajerwala, Gauahar Khan, Kashmira Irani and Sadanand Patil playing lead, supported by Arjun Fauzdar; besides crew of 250 people. In June 2013, the musical completed a run of 1000 shows, and became the longest running Bollywood stage show in India.[2]
The musical was a production of the Great Indian Nautanki Company, a joint venture between Wizcraft and APRA Group.[3] The music of the musical was composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, with screenplay and dialogues by Javed Akhtar.