Zangoora


Zangoora – The Gypsy Prince is the first Bollywood musical. It was premiered on 23 September 2010 at Nautanki Mahal of Kingdom of Dreams, Gurgaon. It has a cast of 110 members with Hussain Kuwajerwala, Gauhar Khan, Kashmira Irani and Sadanand Patil playing lead; 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.
The musical was a production of the Great Indian Nautanki Company, a joint venture between Wizcraft and APRA Group. The music of the musical was composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, with screenplay and dialogues by Javed Akhtar.

Overview

It stars Hussain Kuwajerwala, Gauhar Khan, Kashmira Irani and Sadanand Patil. A special preview was held on the inauguration of the Kingdom of Dreams, entertainment and leisure destination on 18 September 2010. Music is composed by leading Bollywood composers, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, the story, screenplay and dialogues are by Javed Akhtar, Dance direction and choreography by Shiamak Davar, costumes by Neeta Lulla while stunt direction by Alan Amin and also employs a crew of 250 people.
The cast was part of the launch of the 2010 Commonwealth Games’ official theme song, Jiyo Utho Bado Jeeto by composer A R Rahman, and later the 2010 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.
In June 2013, the musical completed over a 1000 successful shows at Nautanki Mahal, Gurgaon.

Cast

The soundtrack of the musical has been composed by Bollywood composing trio, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. Apart from special songs, the musical also included 20 hit Bollywood songs like "Pehla Nasha Pehla Khumar", "Baware Baware", "Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai" and "Mehbooba Mehbooba".