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  • Revisit Disney India’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ with season II

    Revisit Disney India’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ with season II

    MUMBAI: With a successful season one, Disney India is all geared up to please audiences with season II of the timeless classic Beauty and the Beast. Developed locally in India, the new season will be back in the summer. The second edition of the show will retain the original script and the memorable music of the original Broadway show. Season II will run in Mumbai through May followed by Delhi in June.

     

    Beauty and the Beast season II promises to be the most immersive Broadway scale show. Globally, in most of the markets, Beauty and the Beast is a traveling show, but for India, unlike any other country, Disney decided to produce it locally at a scale and grandeur bigger than the original show. The format and staging of the show is exactly the same as that of the first season. With more than 100 local performers, the musical show will preserve the eminent names involved in the Indian production.

     

    Led by Disney India’s Live Entertainment show director and creative head Vikranth Pawar, the musical score for the Beauty and the Beast season II will be created by Lesle Lewis and Terence Lewis will be in-charge of the choreography. The extravagant set will be designed by Varsha Jain, the costumes will be designed by Gavin Miguel, while Pallavi Devika will take the audiences back in time and place with her hair and makeup skills. Suzanne D’mello has been roped in as the vocal trainer.

     

    Commenting on Beauty and the Beast season II, Disney India MD Siddharth Roy Kapur said, “Given the response received for season I, we are now bringing season II to Mumbai and Delhi because of popular demand the musical generated in both markets. The first season of the show last year, was an experiment in introducing a large scale Broadway-style musical to the country and it met with huge success. We are thrilled to have pioneered a new genre in live entertainment in India and to have been able to provide our audiences with the quality of entertainment experiences they deserve.”

     

    To bring alive the story, the company had chosen a stadium and not a conventional auditorium for the first season. In Mumbai, like last year, Beauty and the Beast season II will be performed at the Dome@NSCI SVP Stadium starting from 6 May extending to 15 May 2016. In Delhi also, the performance will be held at last year’s venue – the Thyagaraj Sports Complex.  Each of these venues can accommodate about 2500 people per show.

     

    The total ticketing revenue from Mumbai will count to approx. Rs. 77 lakhs with 2000 seats being sold out in the range of Rs-1500- 7500.

     

    Shedding some light on the new genre that Disney has experimented with ESP Properties national director Vinit Karnik said, “Theatre is a popular format globally. From an Indian perspective it is good to see Broadway shows here. Initially the issue was the infrastructure, but now both the infrastructure and the audience have matured. With the new age infrastructure, the viewers get a good experience”.

     

    Disney is in talks with multiple potential partners for this season. “There were many brands who reached out to us during and post season one who were keen to partner. We hope to engage with like-minded partners for this season too”, informed Kapur.

     

    Through the second season, Disney India plans to spread the magic of the show to kids and families who have the inclination and the ability to enjoy experiences of this kind. The company hopes to bring back audiences that loved the first edition of the show and would like to watch it again, and of course draw in audiences that missed out the first time around due to completely sold-out shows.

     

    Disney India has planned a specific targeted marketing approach on mass media through OOH, print, TV and digital. Direct marketing communications will be focused on reaching out to those who have experienced Beauty and the Beast in the previous season. The company believes that it is the audience’s’ word of mouth in the last season that promoted the show in a big way.

     

    “We are hopeful that the same will be the case this time too. Our experiment in bringing audiences a new genre of entertainment worked wonderfully well last year and we are hoping for the same response this time round as well,” said Kapur.

     

    The tickets of the shows are available on BookMyShow.

  • Revisit Disney India’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ with season II

    Revisit Disney India’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ with season II

    MUMBAI: With a successful season one, Disney India is all geared up to please audiences with season II of the timeless classic Beauty and the Beast. Developed locally in India, the new season will be back in the summer. The second edition of the show will retain the original script and the memorable music of the original Broadway show. Season II will run in Mumbai through May followed by Delhi in June.

     

    Beauty and the Beast season II promises to be the most immersive Broadway scale show. Globally, in most of the markets, Beauty and the Beast is a traveling show, but for India, unlike any other country, Disney decided to produce it locally at a scale and grandeur bigger than the original show. The format and staging of the show is exactly the same as that of the first season. With more than 100 local performers, the musical show will preserve the eminent names involved in the Indian production.

     

    Led by Disney India’s Live Entertainment show director and creative head Vikranth Pawar, the musical score for the Beauty and the Beast season II will be created by Lesle Lewis and Terence Lewis will be in-charge of the choreography. The extravagant set will be designed by Varsha Jain, the costumes will be designed by Gavin Miguel, while Pallavi Devika will take the audiences back in time and place with her hair and makeup skills. Suzanne D’mello has been roped in as the vocal trainer.

     

    Commenting on Beauty and the Beast season II, Disney India MD Siddharth Roy Kapur said, “Given the response received for season I, we are now bringing season II to Mumbai and Delhi because of popular demand the musical generated in both markets. The first season of the show last year, was an experiment in introducing a large scale Broadway-style musical to the country and it met with huge success. We are thrilled to have pioneered a new genre in live entertainment in India and to have been able to provide our audiences with the quality of entertainment experiences they deserve.”

     

    To bring alive the story, the company had chosen a stadium and not a conventional auditorium for the first season. In Mumbai, like last year, Beauty and the Beast season II will be performed at the Dome@NSCI SVP Stadium starting from 6 May extending to 15 May 2016. In Delhi also, the performance will be held at last year’s venue – the Thyagaraj Sports Complex.  Each of these venues can accommodate about 2500 people per show.

     

    The total ticketing revenue from Mumbai will count to approx. Rs. 77 lakhs with 2000 seats being sold out in the range of Rs-1500- 7500.

     

    Shedding some light on the new genre that Disney has experimented with ESP Properties national director Vinit Karnik said, “Theatre is a popular format globally. From an Indian perspective it is good to see Broadway shows here. Initially the issue was the infrastructure, but now both the infrastructure and the audience have matured. With the new age infrastructure, the viewers get a good experience”.

     

    Disney is in talks with multiple potential partners for this season. “There were many brands who reached out to us during and post season one who were keen to partner. We hope to engage with like-minded partners for this season too”, informed Kapur.

     

    Through the second season, Disney India plans to spread the magic of the show to kids and families who have the inclination and the ability to enjoy experiences of this kind. The company hopes to bring back audiences that loved the first edition of the show and would like to watch it again, and of course draw in audiences that missed out the first time around due to completely sold-out shows.

     

    Disney India has planned a specific targeted marketing approach on mass media through OOH, print, TV and digital. Direct marketing communications will be focused on reaching out to those who have experienced Beauty and the Beast in the previous season. The company believes that it is the audience’s’ word of mouth in the last season that promoted the show in a big way.

     

    “We are hopeful that the same will be the case this time too. Our experiment in bringing audiences a new genre of entertainment worked wonderfully well last year and we are hoping for the same response this time round as well,” said Kapur.

     

    The tickets of the shows are available on BookMyShow.

  • Disney to bring Broadway shows to India

    Disney to bring Broadway shows to India

    MUMBAI: Broadway lovers in India need not travel anymore as Disney India gears up to bring Broadway shows to the country now. Starting with timeless classic Beauty and the Beast, Disney India will begin the Broadway journey in October from Mumbai and will then take it to Delhi in December.

     

    While Disney has had a 20 year Broadway journey across the globe, Disney India finally thought of venturing into it in order to give to the people a Disney immersive experience. “Broadway could just be the birth of a new culture in entertainment,” said Disney India managing director Siddharth Roy Kapur.

     

    Kapur is of the opinion that while the country had the vision, dream and talent for live English entertainment, what it actually lacked was infrastructure. Talking about the target group for Broadway in the country, Kapur said, “The audience that we are looking at is families and young adults who have the inclination and the ability to enjoy experiences of this kind.”

     

    According to Kapur, with Indians today travelling extensively to overseas, they have been exposed to theatre and Broadway. “People are looking at experiences to cherish as a family and unfortunately in our country we haven’t been able to offer them those experiences apart from cricket and Bollywood. But, they have the disposable income to be able to afford it and they have the interest and inclination to want to experience it as well,” he opined. 

     

    Disney India will be hosting a number of shows in both Dome at NSCI in Mumbai and Thyagaraj Sports Complex in Delhi. Not revealing the number of shows, Kapur said, “We are looking at an audience ranging from 2000-2500 per show.” 

     

    Explaining the reason behind bringing Broadway to the country with Beauty and the Beast, he said, “Beauty and the Beast has been that show that Disney has always started Broadway with and this is because of the beautiful story, which resonates in different cultures and is not difficult to understand. It has also got great music and performances. So, this seemed like the logical choice for us.” 

     

    Disney India has roped in local talent for the show. Leading it from the front is Disney India show director and creative head, live entertainment Vikranth Pawar. The company has roped in Lesle Lewis as music director, Terence Lewis as choreographer, Varsha Jain as set designer, Gavin Miguel as costume designer, Pallavi Devika for hair and make-up and Suzanne D’Mello as vocal trainer.

     

    “It is a local production with local cast and crew. We believe that we have got the talent in the country. All that was needed to give live English entertainment a boost was infrastructure,” he said.  

     

    Disney India had been mulling bringing Broadway to the country for the past three years. While the company got 8,000 entries from artistes, it conducted 1,000 physical auditions in five cities to get the final 18 artistes who will now perform.

  • Fortis brings ‘Mumbai ki Dhadkan’ on World Heart Day

    Fortis brings ‘Mumbai ki Dhadkan’ on World Heart Day

    MUMBAI: Fortis Healthcare Limited (Fortis), one of India’s largest private healthcare chains, dedicated the anthem Mumbai Ki Dhadkan, to the spirit of the Mumbaikars in tackling heart disease. The anthem has been specially created for Fortis by renowned singer-composer and guitarist Lesle Lewis on the occasion of World Heart day.

    Mumbai ki Dhadkan – urges people to adopt a healthier lifestyle for a trouble free heart. The anthem will be promoted in Mumbai through several platforms and will be available for download on the microsite – www.mumbaikidhadkan.in. It will also be accessible on Saavn, YouTube and Facebook. In addition, Mumbai Ki Dhadkan CD’s will also be distributed free in colleges, gyms and clubs.

    Fortis will organise a ‘World Heart Concert’ on 29 September on the occasion of the World Heart Day. Lesle Lewis will perform the Anthem live at the MMRDA grounds. Along with Lesle, 10-12 youth bands will also render their own compositions in support of the initiative. The youth bands are being chosen from college-wide promotions that Fortis is currently organising.

    Fortis Healthcare regional director – east and west Varun Khanna said, “Music holds a special place in the hearts of people. We hope our musical anthem will serve as a powerful reminder for everyone to wake up to a healthy heart every day of the week. Using youth as the core of our initiative and with the help of colleges in Mumbai, we will hold awareness programs, conduct CPR training sessions and free cardiac check-up camps at all Fortis hospitals in Mumbai and Rotary Clubs over the next month. We hope our initiatives will not only motivate people to live a healthy lifestyle but will also equip them to handle emergency situations to save valuable lives.”

    Notably, studies show that people though aware of heart attack as a deadly disease end up ignoring early diagnoses. More than 80 per cent of heart attacks turn fatal because patients do not receive immediate attention following visible signs of a heart attack. This raises the importance of medical help within the “Golden Hour” or the crucial sixty minutes following the first symptom that an attack is in progress.
    Lesle Lewis said, “The connection between music and the heart is eternal. It gave me great pleasure to create the music that hopefully will make people listen to their hearts. I hope this unique initiative by Fortis Hospitals will strike the right chord with Mumbaikars in this drive to promote a healthy heart.”

  • Coshish Launches Debut Album Firdous Under Universal Music India Label

    Coshish Launches Debut Album Firdous Under Universal Music India Label

    MUMBAI: Mumbai based four-piece progressive rock band Coshish has released their debut album titled Firdousunder leading label Universal Music India, the label which has previously released albums by other critically acclaimed artists and bands including Euphoria, Rabbi Shergill, Lesle Lewis, Jal The Band and Indus Creed.

    Firdous is a concept album consisting of ten tracks that document the life of a seemingly ordinary young man and his transition into becoming a self aware being, free from the ties of the material world. The CD contains photographs and handwritten lyrics behind them which are part of a puzzle in which listeners need to piece together the correct order of songs in the story. The album has been produced, recorded and mixed by Zorran Mendonsa (New Zealand), mastered by Jens Bogren (Sweden). Additional sounds and samples were recorded at Rattlehead Studio. The album artwork was created by Bernard Dumaine (France) and Daeve Fellows (Canada) along with additional art by Imran Ladak (India).  

    Speaking on the occasion, Devraj Sanyal, MD Universal Music India and SAARC said, “Universal is thrilled to have Coshish on board. These young men are the most passionate musicians we have seen and we are sure that their debut album is going to make waves on the music scene.”

    Coshish added, “We are so excited to be signed on by a label like Universal Music, one of the world’s most prolific labels. We hope that our debut album is a success as we have worked very hard to put it together.”

    Coshish consists of Mangesh Gandhi (vocals, rhythm guitars), Shrikant Sreenivsan (lead guitars), Hamza Kazi (drums) and Anish Nair (bass). The band has been active since 2006 and has been featured on MTV’s Rock On, NDTV and Channel [V] India’s V Gumrah. Coshish has performed at several prestigious festivals across India including Storm Festival, IIT Madras, IIT Roorkee, The Blue Frog, IIT Mumbai and VCET. Coshish was voted as the Top 5 Headlining Act and Most Featured Band of Season 10 by UTV Bindass TV.
    Coshish will be touring throughout India and has announced the Mumbai dates for the first leg of their tour. The dates for Pune, Chennai, Trivandrum, Bangalore, Delhi and Hyderabad will be announced soon.