Do you want to get your boarding pass, hop on a plane, be greeted by a smiling stewardess and go on a musical journey like never before and still not move an inch from Bangalore? If your answer is yes, we know where you should head this weekend.A Bangalore-based production house, Imbroglio Productions, which is the brainchild of 20-year-old Divyesh Bhandary, a final year English (honours) student at Christ University, is bringing a musical endeavour ‘Dreams 2012 - a musical journey’, where songs from 20 different musicals including Disney’s Lion King, Aladdin, Hercules, Little Mermaid, among others, are woven together with an entirely original script.This would be the city’s first choir show which is done on a professional level and with copyrights from the Disney.The settings and the theme of the musical will be simulated like ‘in an airplane’.Divyesh says excitedly, “ We will have propellers rotating, the stage setting changing from sky to water.It is going to be magical.” The creative head for this professional choir is Rohin Joseph, a music professional who has done his Associate Diploma in music from Trinity College of Music, London, and also done broadways back in Dubai.When Divyesh, who has learnt music under Rohin, came up with this idea, he was happy to be part of it.The other creative heads being Tarini Srinivas and Jennie George, who have directed and choreographed the performance.However, getting their act together wasn’t easy at all.Firstly, they had to get Imbroglio registered as a production house, conduct auditions across all schools and colleges in the city, choose 90 members out of the 450 who auditioned.And, later ensure that everyone’s schedules matched their rehearsals because the 90 odd members who were part of this choir were from the age group of 10-30 years, with school and college going children, professionals and semi-professionals in music, some who have even done playback singing in Kannada and those who shared a passion for theatre and music.Imbroglio also had to convince Disney (USA) that they were committed to putting up a good show.Divyesh says, “When we got in touch with the Disney office in USA for copyrights and told them about our plans to have a musical with songs from Disney’s productions, they straightaway said no and said that they have never issued copyrights in India.” He adds, “When they saw Rohin’s credentials, they were convinced and agreed.” Any part or sequence of the song that was used for the show had to be sent back to Disney for approval and only then they could go ahead and use it for the performance.Only 60 per cent of the songs in the show is from Disney and the remaining songs are from Andrew Lloyd Webber, ABBA, Lionel Bart etc.On his idea of having a musical, Divyesh says, “Normally, the youth in Bangalore are into hardcore theatre and the musicals which happen are normally at the school level.Hence, we thought of doing this at a professional level.” He adds, “I have always been inclined to music and want to pursue this further.” Divyesh is also releasing a book ‘Imbrogliothe chaos that creates’ on the same day.The book is a anthology of poems, essays and short stories.Any profit earned from the show will be wholly given to The Nightingales Medical Trust, an elderly care centre which works for the wellbeing of the elderly in and around Bangalore.
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