Dance & Drama are at the very core of Bollywood. Dance captivates. Drama enchants. Dance fascinates. Drama charms. Dance crosses imaginations. Drama crosses borders. A magical combination of the two, Mohini - Dancing A Bollywood Dream captures the very soul of Bollywood and is rampant with colour, glitz, glamour, beauty and exotica. The show is an unprecedented live experience, exploding with passionate romance, fantastic costumes, breathtaking sets, heart-pounding music and sensational drama and dancing in its full Bollywood glory - all of which bring alive the journey of a girl called Mohini!
Take a look at what lies in store! ‘Mohini - Dancing A Bollywood Dream’ explodes with 23 dance choreographies and more than 10 Indian and international dance styles. The music packs in an original title track by leading Music Directors Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy and 23 Bollywood super hit songs and an international track. Enchanted ? There’s more…a projection based set design and moving screen along with a virtual set inspired by India, Bollywood, London and the dream world of our leading character Mohini. Wait, that’s not enough! The powerful storytelling and drama that seamlessly integrates dance, music and visual content is sure to take your breath away and leave you thinking about Mohini’s story for a long, long time…
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Known for their versatile music and their illustrious Bollywood track record Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy as a team are among the biggest names in the Bollywood music industry. Composers, Musicians and Performers, Team SEL has a knack of hitting the right note with music lovers worldwide. They have won over 20 awards and have a very long list of super hit soundtracks to their credit, from 'Dil Chahta Hai' to 'Rock On' to 'Two States'. And now, this much admired team is all set to whip out yet another one of their masterpiece compositions for the Mohini title track that will get everyone dancing.
Passionate about music and songs, Kausar is a well known lyricist who started her career in television by writing for serials such as Jassi Jaisa Koi Nahin. She went on to pen the lyrics for many hit songs for Bollywood films such as Tashan, Ishaqzaade, Phantom, Tevar, Ek Tha Tiger, Dhoom 3 and Heropanti among others. She has also worked as a language consultant for the much acclaimed film English Vinglish. She is the lyricist and dialogue writer for Bajrangi Bhaijaan. Her work has won her several awards - Best Lyricist Stardust Awards in 2014, Star Screen Awards (2014), Zee Cine Awards (2013), Standout Performance By Lyricist Stardust Award in 2013 and 2009.
Omung is a man of many talents. This Award winning Director of 'Mary Kom' and one of Bollywood's best known Production Designers and Art Directors with films like Black & Sawariya to his credit. Omung has visualized and designed magnificent sets for iconic Bollywood films & Popular Television shows, as well as lavish live events and award show sets in India and around the world. Omung has also been the production designer for spectacular musicals on stage including Padmavati and Zangoora &J humroo. With Mohini, he brings a fresh new visualization on stage.
With a fashion designing career spanning 26 years and 300 films, Neeta Lulla is one of the most celebrated stalwarts of Indian Fashion Industry. A four time National Film award winner for Best Costume Design in Film; Neeta Lulla is brand unto herself when it comes to Bollywood fashion and cinematic costuming, From classics like 'Chandni' & 'Taal' to epic Bollywood sagas like 'Devdas' & 'Jodhaa Akbar', Neeta has done it all. With her latest creations for Mohini - Neeta is all set to unleash on stage the essence of Indian colors and Bollywood bling with a contemporary twist.
Stephan has been travelling and working across 5 continents for the last 15 years. He lends his expertise to new projects by providing technical support, leading crew and developing systems to improve resources. Stephen has changed the definition of show business by dedicating his life to art and entertainment for various international stage and theatrical productions worldwide such as Ballet Rafael Aguilar, Stomp, Slava Snow Show, Walt Disney On Ice, Arturo Brachetti, Estopa, Canto Del Loco, West side Story (German Production), Soweto Gospel, Harlem Gospel - among several others. Recognized as an expert in his field, Stephan is known to manage technical risks and opportunities with elan!
A highly sought-after artist who has regularly done work for advertising campaigns, fashion shows, commercial films, and editorials, Renuka has won several awards in her career for her artistry for Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Fashion Awards, Kingfisher Awards and more…
Renuka's expertise with make-up and hair makes her a go-to artist by film celebrities, fashion designers, choreographers as well as producers of Indian Television shows. She is the key make -up & hair designer for India's first home staged musicals at the Kingdom of Dreams.
Never missing an opportunity to make someone look stunning, Renuka's mantra is to make her clients look gorgeous ‘inside out'.
A storyteller, visualizer, writer and Director, Anindita has explored many roles and many different mediums of entertainment. From Fiction & Drama to Dance reality shows, Award Nights and Bollywood World Tour to many large format shows Anindita has a flare for larger than life ideas and a passion for combining performing arts, stagecraft and technology to tell a seamless story. Anindita was the Dialogue Writer and Creative Director for Zangoora at the Kingdom of Dreams. Following this, she has written, designed & directed shows in India and around the world. Mohini is her creative brainchild.
Bhakti Harish is a Dubai based director, choreographer and performer and has won great acclaim and awards for her work in the Middle Eastern regions. Bhakti is a graduate in Bharatnatyam dance from Nalanda, Mumbai university, India. She has been a researcher, educator and entrepreneur for over 15 years in the field of Indian Dance Theatre. She has been creating theatricals with Indian content, for the world market since 2011 fusing traditional dance forms with innovative ideas to create 'magic on stage'.
Rapid Waters Private Limited is a fast growing media Company in the space of producing specially designed content for Television, Films, Stage and Live Entertainment. Well positioned in the high-growth Media and Entertainment industry, Rapid Waters is steered by two powerhouses Suparna Chakravarti and Namrata Ahmed, both respected names who have been behind several top productions in Bollywood, Television and Live Entertainment. With wide exposure in the Domestic and International Entertainment Industries, Rapid Waters is growing from strength to strength with its distinctively edgy and stylish productions which harness the latest technologies, systems and operations design.
A multi-disciplinary artist whose ability to co-ordinate creativity with effectiveness is amply reflected in his work, Miguel Brayda has extensive experience in set design, window dressing, graphic designs, sculptures and painting across the world. His much awarded talent in space creation and artistic expression can be seen in the entertainment industry in theatrical drama, rock shows and even circus shows such as the Comedie Francaise, Le Palais de Congres de Paris, the Teatro Circo Price, the Teatro Español de Madrid and Auditorio Nacional Mexico City among others. He has been associated with CDN (National Dramatic Center), Spanish & American tours of Serrat and Sabina Manolo García ... The Hole, Circus of Horrors, Cabaret Maldito etc.In the fashion industry, Miguel has developed outstanding design showcases and presentations for several prestigious firms. His work has been appreciated by audiences across the world.
A versatile dance performer and choreographer who shines in both Indian Classical and Bollywood dance forms, Tejaswi has graced many dance festivals in India and across the world. Having assisted Bollywood's leading choreographers such as Vaibhavi Merchant and Prabhu Deva, Tejaswi has been behind many of the moves made onscreen by some of the top Bollywood stars.This post-graduate in Performing Arts from Mumbai University has also increasingly been doing choreography for various television reality shows and stage productions.
Having performed with Shiamak and the Shiamak Davar Dance Company's major projects such as ‘I Believe', ‘INDIA – the musical', Filmfare Awards Nites, IIFA Awards, Commonwealth Games ceremonies and at many other national and international events and Bollywood films for almost a decade, Nitin has carved a niche for himself in the world of choreography.He is one of the leading lights of the country's biggest Bollwood musical ‘Zangoora' staged at the Kingdom of Dreams, Gurgaon for over 3 years now where he is actively participating as a performer, dance captain and artist dance trainer. When he is not choreographing for various award shows and Marathi films, Nitin is busy editing audio-visuals.
With her fingers on the pulse of graphics, set design and product design, the very talented and creative Mrinalini is creating new frontiers through her venture, The 20 Drawers Studio. As a member of the Centre for Creative Expressions, the Yuva Ekta Foundation and the Lepra India Trust, Mrinalini also facilitates theatre, art and recycling workshops for children and adults in these Trusts and across schools, juvenile prisons, corporates and other assorted groups. From 2009 to 2011, Mrinalini was the Associate Show Running Director of the spectacular musical ‘Zangoora' and the Show Running Director of ‘Jhumroo' at the Kingdom of Dreams, Gurgaon.
With his roots seeped in a mixture of Hindustani classical music and Western music, singer, songwriter and producer, Jolly Mukherjee also known as India's "King of Strings', has done playback singing for several Bollywood feature films and Bangladeshi feature films. He has, to his credit, string arrangement for the Icelandic performer Björk's song "Verandi".Having started his career as a backup singer for advertising commercials, Jolly Mukherjee today works with the Madras Cinematic Orchestra combining percussion sampled from Bombay with strings from Madras.He has also ventured into music direction and production for Bollywood films.
When it comes to matching rhythm, melody and mood of the music to movement and form, vey few names come top of mind. Composer & music arranger par excellence, Nikhil is one such name. His passion for creating innovative music and playing exotic instruments has seen him enrich many music based projects with his flair. Nikhil has been instrumental in procuring talent for the ‘India Show', a broadway musical which opened in Germany in 2013 and ‘Bharati', a travelling Broadway show staged across the world since 2005. He regularly holds Drum Healing Circles & musicality workshops across the country for clients such as Shiamak Davar Institute of Performing Arts & other corporate houses. Nikhil has arranged and played for many hit songs in several Bollywood films.
With a rich body of work in conceptualizing, writing, directing & executing concepts & visual content for events, television, live entertainment, architectural walkthroughs, animation shows and feature films across the world, Vibhore has an exhaustive list of contributions in the field of entertainment for the last 13 years.His keen eye for detail and highly sophisticated creative visualization has helped create magic in some of the most prestigious events both in India and across the world. These include the Common wealth Games in 2010, the Cricket World Cup Opening Ceremony in 2011, the IIFA awards in Toronto in 2011 & in Singapore in 2012 and Oman Tattoo along with India's biggest Bollywood musicals - ‘Zangoora' & ‘Jhumroo' both for the Kingdom of Dreams in Gurgaon.
Starting out with production and later moving on to events, Sonu is a well known name in Stage Production, TV, Threatre and among corporate houses in Dubai, the GCC countries and across the world. Passionate about his work, Sonu is known for his creativity and providing quick solutions to technical issues.
Sonu has won the title of The Young Achiever of the Year in 2009 by the Sound & Stage Magazine and was recruited by MA Lighting, Germany to represent MA Lighting in Dubai going on to represent the Company in the Middle East and India. He is the Lighting Operator of the most awarded television show in the UAE called the Prince of Poets and Million Poets. He was closely associated with the Mahaba Awards which has won the title of Best Art and Cultural event in 2009 by Middle East awards. Some of his notable projects include lighting up the Bandra Worli Sea Link, South-east Asia's biggest bridge which opened in Mumbai in 2009 and the Arabian Night themed Dubai World Cup Gala Dinner in 2010.
Beautiful, naïve, unsure yet extraordinarily talented, Mohini lives in a nondescript part of Agra, living her ordinary life. The one thing that makes her come alive and into her own is dance. She is also a dreamer who nurses a fantasy of becoming a star on the silver screen. From a simple, small town girl to a superstar to a dejected woman in love, many shades of Mohini emerge on her transformational journey. Only when her big dreams come crashing, does Mohini discover her strength, her courage, her spirit. "If you can dream it, you can achieve it" Mohini's character embodies this beautifully. Mohini's journey of Dream, Dance and Love will make you believe in miracles.
Arrogant, aggressive and self-obsessed, Raj is the quintessential Bad Boy of Bollywood. An egoistic and brash superstar, Raj is used to having fans swoon over him and the media chase him. He feels entitled to his success and sees Mohini as one of his many conquests & trophies. He is attracted to Mohini's beauty and enjoys the power that he holds over her. He is conscious of his image and insecure about losing his success.
Loving, patient and forever-positive, Tai is the wind beneath Mohini's wings. A classical dancer and Mohini's dance teacher, friend, philosopher and guide, Tai has been Mohini's pillar of strength and source of unconditional love since her childhood. Tai encourages and inspires Mohini to follow her dream and be the best that she can be. Tai is the voice of reason in Mohini's life and an anchor of love and support.
Exuberant, romantic and full of life, Frank is full of surprises. An evolved artist who lives his passion, Frank is a quirky & colorful personality who runs an eclectic café in London by day and a global dance studio by evening. Fascinated by India and Bollywood, Frank dreams of creating a Bollywood meets Broadway musical. He is sensitive and sincere, and shares a passion for dance with Mohini. He understands her and nurtures her to help her blossom as a dancer and a person. He loves Mohini and sees her for who she truly is.