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Dhruv Ghanekar: Music paves the way for the narrative
Updated On: 11 December, 2023 06:24 AM IST | Mumbai | Sonia Lulla
While drawing parallels between crafting tunes for films and stage acts, Dhruv Ghanekar, whose show Mumbai Star continues to travel across Japan, on having an edge as a composer while taking charge of a musical
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India seems to be the flavour of the decade,” Dhruv Ghanekar says early in our conversation as he makes a case for choosing Japan as the home for his next musical, Mumbai Star, before it travels across the globe. “Our musical is a celebration of Indian films, movies, and culture. It’s about a boy, a Kathak dancer, who arrives in Bombay to become a star,” he says of the 19-track musical that continues to travel across the East Asian country before a culminating act on December 19.
Albeit classical in its approach, Ghanekar, who composed the music of Dhaakad (2022), claims to have taken a modern approach to the composition. “There is an out-and-out Ganpati pandal number, and a [dramatic] finale track. You’ll find sounds of the city in this musical. The ethos of Mumbai has been beautifully recreated.”
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