MISS BOLLYWOOD IN TROUBLE

Vaibhavi Merchant and producer Mark Brady of the famed all-Indian touring musical, The Merchants of Bollywood, are not too happy with the uncanny similarity that Shilpa Shetty’s musical, Miss Bollywood, bears to their three-year old production. According to them, Miss Bollywood which opened in Germany last week, is inspired from The Merchants of Bollywood.

Vaibhavi says, “Mohammed Morani(organizer and producer of Miss Bollywood) had seen our shows and they couldn’t believe the reactions we received. I’m sure they felt that they could do it as well.”

The story-lines: The Merchants of Bollywood traces the journey of Ayesha who rebels against her family of classical dancers to make a foray into Bollywood. Miss Bollywood revolves around this young choreographer called Maya (played by Shilpa) who is trained in the classical dances and who struggles to popularize the Bollywood brand of dancing in the UK. “The only difference is that the show organizers, Morani brothers have

cleverly roped in Shilpa Shetty. In our case, the narrative is the USP,” informs Mark, producer of The Merchants of Bollywood.