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Amitosh Nagpal's musical about dreams and hustle to be staged at Prithvi Theatre
Updated On: 29 November, 2022 10:17 AM IST | Mumbai | Sukanya Datta
Amitosh Nagpal’s upcoming musical spotlights a melodious story of dreams, pragmatism and hustle
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Moments from the musical Mahanagar Ke Jugnu
Have you followed your dreams to land in a city, where these cherished ambitions have had to take a backseat in the hustle for existence? To write songs, open a little shack, launch a startup or take trips every weekend — where do these dreams, big and small, go when you’re not looking and busy living life? In Mahanagar Ke Jugnu, a theatrical production by actor, screenwriter and lyricist Amitosh Nagpal, these wide-eyed dreams and wild 3-am thoughts turn visitors for Jugnu, an insomniac who’s grappling for ideas. Inspired by the stories of his cast and crew, the musical is written and directed by Nagpal. It will be staged at Prithvi Theatre today and tomorrow.
Like the protagonist Jugnu, for Nagpal, too, the play is a coming-together of snippets of ideas — rants, sketches and observations on the city that the writer had been posting under the hashtag #mahanagarkejugnu. One day, two old friends from the theatre community approached him to work together. As they started jamming and exchanging stories of their journeys in Mumbai, the musical started shaping up. The writer, who was keen on building a non-linear, unconventional narrative, found support among his cast members, who opened up their life stories to him and played along.
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