''Zangoora – The Gypsy Prince'' is the first

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. It was premiered on 23 September 2010 at Nautanki Mahal of

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. It has a cast of 110 members with

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and Sadanand Patil playing lead, supported by Arjun Fauzdar; besides crew of 250 people. In June 2013, the musical completed a run of 1000 shows, and became the longest running Bollywood stage show in India. The musical was a production of the Great Indian Nautanki Company, a joint venture between Wizcraft and APRA Group. The music of the musical was composed by

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, with screenplay and dialogues by

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Overview

Kingdom of Dreams auditorium night view, Gurgaon

It stars

, Sadanand Patil and Arjun Fauzdar. A special preview was held on the inauguration of the Kingdom of Dreams, entertainment and leisure destination on 18 September 2010. Music is composed by leading Bollywood composers,

, the story, screenplay and dialogues are by

, Dance direction and choreography by

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, costumes by

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while stunt direction by Alan Amin and also employs a crew of 250 people. The cast was part of the launch of the

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’ official theme song, ''

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'' by composer

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, and later the

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. In June 2013, the musical completed over a 1000 successful shows at Nautanki Mahal, Gurgaon.

Cast

* Zangoora -

/Vishay Singh / Rachit Bahal / Pankaj Sharma / Md. Shahidur * Lachi -

/Annukampa Harsh/Rachaittri Gupta * Sonali -

/Rea Krishna/Sukhmani Lamba/Suparna Moitra/Karamjeet Madonna * Zorawar - Sadanand Patil/Nitin Goel * Daulatrai - Sanjeev Ahuja / srikant * Todarmal - Manoj Rajput / sushil Sharma * Chambuti - Padamshree C R / Nidhi Mishra * Jaalpa- / Hema Bisht / Nidhi Mishra * Manglu - Arjun Fauzdar

Crew

* Story & Screenplay : Javed Akhtar * Music: Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy * Choreography: Shiamak Davar & Glen D'Mello * Costumes: Neeta Lulla * Art Direction & Production Design: Omung Kumar, Vanita Kumar * Dialogues: Anindita Menon * Background Score
Nikhil Koparde

Music

The soundtrack of the musical has been composed by Bollywood composing trio,

. Apart from special songs, the musical also included 20 hit Bollywood songs like "Pehla Nasha Pehla Khumar" (''

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''), "Baware Baware" ('' Luck by Chance''), "

Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai ''Khal Nayak'' () is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language action crime film produced and directed by Subhash Ghai. The film's plot centers on the escape and attempted capture of criminal Ballu (Sanjay Dutt as antihero) by Inspector Ram (Jackie Shroff) a ...

" (''

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'') and "Mehbooba Mehbooba" (''

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'').

References

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