MUSIC

Indo-American Association presents Black & White, Saturday, August 28, at 8pm at the Wortham Center.

Black & White - a walk down the memory lane of the golden era of Hindi cinema, 1948-1965.  The show is an ecstatic mix of singing, costumes, acting ,dancing, and narration - all sewn together with the common thread of the music of the bygone era of bollywood. 

“Black and White” - a story of an era of two colours. The golden era of Hindi Cinema - which “painted” its screen with the best of poetry and music. An era when life was simple and simple means were needed for a happy life. There was contentment in small things and life was a melody. Our cinema then reflected those times.

“Black and White” travels through life of cinema from 1945 to 1968. The journey visits landmarks like K.L Saigal, Bimal Roy, V. Shantaram, and Guru Dutt. En route, we meet the stylish Dev Anand, tragedy king Dilip Kumar, showman Raj Kapoor, the beautiful Madhubala, the classy Meena Kumari, and “Yahoo” Shammi Kapoor, to name a few.

“Black and White” is a collage of performance on screen and stage. Aided by mega screen audio-visuals, the performers on stage blend with the celluloid, making music come alive on stage. The presentation format is reminiscent of a stage musical where the singers “act” the characters. The performance touches the finer aspects of the era through the medium of music, pictures, movie clips, anecdotes and trivia.

“Black and White” is an attempt to give a third dimension to the celluloid screen, restore links with our past, get nostalgic and go back to our roots, to those moments which we all want to relive.

An incredible multimedia concept and production by Milind Oak of Niche Entertainment, Pune.