Yes it is true Carmen written by Prosper Mérimée will be a very bold subject for Bollywood (Carmen is a wore. The story takes place in South of Spain so A.R.Rahman will definatly give some different tunes. Plus after Tehzeeb Urmila is going to dance to his tunes.
--- In [email protected], "Dasun Abeysekera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > WOW! Carmen is one of the best known Operas of all time. It was so > controversial when it was first produced in France due to its passionate > content, but that is the reason the music became so popular as soon as > audiences lightened up to the subject. It has a very strong flavor of > Spanish Gypsy music, which can be found in ARR's songs like Mein Albeli from > Zubeidaa and the more recent Rasiya from The Rising. It'll be fascinating to > see how Shyam Benegal choses to approach the musical and it is potentially > contoversial subject matter; All that aside, I cannot help getting excited > over the scope this story will provide ARR to come up with some exotic > music. And yeah, the role of Carmen could not have been given to any better > seductress than Urmila! :) I guess everything does happen for the best. > > For anybody who is interested, here's the history of Carmen - > http://www.music-with-ease.com/bizet-carmen-history.html > > Hail ARR! > Dasun > > <BLOCKQUOTE style='PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER- LEFT: #A0C6E5 > 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px'><font > style='FONT-SIZE:11px;FONT-FAMILY:tahoma,sans-serif'><hr color=#A0C6E5 > size=1> > From: <i>Gopal Srinivasan [EMAIL PROTECTED]</i><br>Reply-To: > <i>[email protected]</i><br>To: > <i>[email protected]</i><br>Subject: <i>[arr] Is this > Chamki?</i><br>Date: <i>Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:25:52 -0700 (PDT) </i><br> > <br><html><body> > > > <tt> > Urmila to star in Benegal classic<br> > <br> > Matondkar will play `Carmen' in an Indianised version of the legendary Oscar > Hammerstein<br> > musical<br> > <br> > Subhash K Jha<br> > <br> > It's final. Kareena Kapoor's loss is Urmila's gain. While Kareena > dillydallied over the role in<br> > Shyam Benegal's forthcoming woman-oriented musical, the exacting director > was forced to look<br> > elsewhere. And the winner of Benegal's new venture is Urmila Matondkar who > has been<br> > role-hunting, herself. Urmila has just accepted the lead in Shyam Benegal's > adaptation of the<br> > Oscar Hammerstein musical, Carmen.<br> > <br> > "Oh I'm so excited," Urmila said on Thursday, before flying off to the US > and Canada for her<br> > stage shows with Sunny and Bobby Deol. "The girl in Carmen has so many > shades. And Shyam Babu<br> > is so good with the heroines. Look at Karisma Kapoor in Zubeida. Or > Shabanaji in Ankur and<br> > Smitaji in Bhumika. Wow! This is a dream come true," says the actress, who > in recent times has<br> > delivered great performances in Bhoot, Pinjar and Ek Hasina Thi.<br> > <br> > "Actually I'm at a stage in my career where I don't mind seeking out roles. > I actually went to<br> > visit Shyam Babu and told him I wanted to work with him. We immediately > clicked, and why not?<br> > We worked together years ago, remember?" she says drawing attention to her > stint as a child<br> > artiste in Benegal's Kalyug, where she played Rekha's little son! <br> > <br> > She is obviously looking forward to it "I had heard how much grief some > stars have given<br> > Shyam Babu. I think he's quite disgusted with Bollywood's star system. I > heard about Carmen<br> > from fellow-actor Rajit Kapur who insisted I meet him. So I finally > did."<br> > <br> > Incidentally, Urmila's performance in her next release, Maine Gandhi Ko > Nahin Mara, is being<br> > talked about in muted tones. Those who have seen the rushes speak highly of > Urmila's<br> > performance.<br> > The actress is just back from San Francisco's Independence Day parade, where > she served as a<br> > grand marshall. "It was wonderful to connect with the Indians in the US. I > made a speech about<br> > cultural continuity which gelled well with both the first and second > generation Indians. Then<br> > guess what? The youngsters danced to a medley of my songs. To just sit back > and be part of the<br> > audience was a good change for me."<br> > <br> > <br> > All about Carmen<br> > <br> > In 1942 Oscar Hammerstein, American writer and producer of musicals, adapted > Georges Bizet's<br> > 1875 opera, Carmen. It is the love story of Carmen, a beautiful and > seductive factory worker,<br> > and a soldier, Joe. When Joe kills his sergeant during a fight, the lovers > attempt to escape<br> > the police. But Carmen's faithlessness and selfishness cause her to > eventually reject Joe for<br> > another man. 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