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on 2008/4/22 4:54:55
Despite a four decade ban on Indian films in Pakistan, Bollywood and its icons remain an integral part of their life.
Karachi's fascination with Bollywood has now moved from the screen to the stage in an adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Bombay Dreams.
Bombay Dreams 15-day run in Karachi is expecting packed houses but it isn't just the audiences who are lapping it up but also the performers who say they are having the time of their lives.
"We've put in a lot of hard work and it's been a lot of fun as well. We've made friends, just amazing friendships. I think this experience will stay with me for the rest of my life," said Rudaba Nasir, Actor, Bombay Dreams.
"I had never thought that I would get to work in any play because such plays are not made in Pakistan. It is a bilingual play, which is 90 per cent English and 10 per cent Hindi. This is a first Bollywood play in Pakistan and I am very excited to be a part of it," said Yasir Ahmed Hussain, Pakistani actor.
The 75 member cast and crew of the two and a half hour musical consists of a number of students and theatre professionals, some of whom are living their own Bombay dream.
"My film is called Dhoom Dharaka, it's releasing on either May 23 or May 30 and it's also releasing in Pakistan. And I'm the first Pakistani actor to debut in India. I've lived there, I've struggled there. I don't know if anyone from Mumbai is watching but I live in Andheri West. I used to go to directors, beg, give me work. I went to school in Bombay, Kishore Namit acting Lab. I've got tons of friends there, so I don't know for me coming here is leaving my home," said Zak Khan, Actor, Bombay Dreams.
Transcending cliches the success of Bombay Dreams in Karachi is Pakistan's way of saying Salaam Bombay.
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