I have done two musicals, as an actor and then as a producer. So when did the idea came to your mind to take the film and do a theatre production of it? Had you done musicals before? The sheesh mahal scene on the stage must have been so hard to replicate. And that colour was absolutely stunning.īut you did such a wonderful job in the play. That is the magic - it is probably the only film where there is one song in color. Then he realised it was looking so beautiful that he wanted to reshoot the entire film in colour.Īnd that is the time the producers Shapoorji Pallonji threw up their hand. That is why the colour scene stands out so much more. He shot one song in colour and the rest of the film was shot in black and white. The way K Asif made the film, just minimal use of colour for Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya? Was he experimenting with colour? IMAGE: Priyanka Barve as Anarkali and Nissar Khan as Salim. Then the last time I saw the film, we were performing Tumhari Amrita in Hyderabad and the colourised version had just been released. I think I was around 13 or 14 and it left a deep impression on me.
I would go with my family to watch the film.ĭo you remember at what stage the film first left an impression on you? Well, I suppose Salman Khan was not making films at that time. They would play Mughal-e-Azam every year during Eid. It was a part of the annual ritual of Eid. The result is a lavish, grand show, the best of its kind for Indian stage and a stunning homage to the classic film.įeroz, do you remember the first time you saw Mughal-e-Azam? The production and set design team have come from New York. Khan has taken the essence of K Asif's film and produced a spectacularly entertaining show with grand costumes designed by Manish Malhotra and retaining all the original songs from the film - reinterpreted and sung live by the actors on stage.īangalore-based choreographer Mayuri Upadhya choreographed the dances and Mukesh Chhabra cast the actors. Of course, theatre and cinema are two different mediums. This production, like the film, is produced by the business conglomerate Shapoorji Pallonji (whose scion Cyrus Mistry is in the news these days for other reasons). On October 21, Khan's production of Mughal-e-Azam with a cast of over 70 actors and dancers premiered at Mumbai's NCPA theatre. Nisar Khan impresses in Mughal-e-Azam.Īll creative people have that one big dream.įor Feroz Abbas Khan, the dream was to stage the iconic 1960 Indian film Mughal-e-Azam.Īnd after years of living with the dream, Khan saw it actually happen.