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Podcast: News and Views
Episode: 'Mughal-e-Azam' to 'Raunaq & Jassi' — The Making of a Musical
Description: In 1960, Bollywood saw the release of director K Asif's ambitious film Mughal-e-Azam starring Madhubala and Dilip Kumar. It was the widest release of any Indian film at that time that also left behind a whole lot of nostalgia.
Fifty-six years later, in 2016, theatre and film director Feroz Abbas Khan made an equally ambitious adaptation of this cult classic in a grand Broadway style musical. And he’s back again with yet another musical – Raunaq & Jassi, inspired from Shakespeare’s famous tragedy Romeo and Juliet.
Feroz Abbas Khan and actress Neha Sargam, who’s playing the role of Jassi in...