Bollywood’s history highlighted

When the musical The Merchants of Bollywood made its debut in Australia in 2005, it was a resounding success. It was the first ever Bollywood production to tour straight from the Film City in Mumbai. Seen by over 2 million people worldwide and after more than 850 shows, it returns to Australia after hit seasons in London, Berlin, Paris, Vienna, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Zurich, Geneva, Rome, Kuala Lumpur, Johannesburg and other major cities.

lyricist who has written and arranged music for several dance ballets in Tamil and Sanskrit. Nattuvangam was by Ushanthini, and Ahilan Sivananthan the vocalist, Ravichandhira on the mrudangam, with Murali Kumar and R Thiagarajan on the violin and flute respectively.

Chitra Sudarshan