Monday, August 20, 2012

Josh [2000] - West Side Story [1957]



Josh (Devanagari: जोश, translation: "Frenzy") is a 2000 Bollywood action movie directed by Mansoor Khan. The film stars Shahrukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai in the lead roles. Chandrachur Singh, Sharad Kapoor, Priya Gill and Vivek Vaswani appear in supporting roles. The film became the fourth highest-grossing film in India in 2000.
Directed byMansoor Khan
Produced byGanesh Jain,
Ratan Jain,
Balwant Singh
Written byMansoor Khan
StarringShahrukh Khan
Aishwarya Rai
Chandrachur Singh
Music byAnu Malik
CinematographyK. V. Anand
Editing byK Dilip
Distributed byUnited Seven Creations
Release date(s)June 9, 2000
LanguageHindi
BudgetINR 17 crore
Box officeINR 33 crore

West Side Story is an American musical with a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and conception and choreography by Jerome Robbins. It was inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
The story is set in the West 50s and West 60s of the Upper West Side neighborhood in New York City in the mid-1950s, an ethnic, blue-collar neighborhood. (In the early 1960s much of the neighborhood would be cleared in an urban renewal project for Lincoln Center, changing the neighborhood character.) The musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. The members of the Sharks from Puerto Rico are taunted by the Jets, a white working-class group.[3] The young protagonist, Tony, one of the Jets, falls in love with Maria, the sister of Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks. The dark theme, sophisticated music, extended dance scenes, and focus on social problems marked a turning point in American musical theatre. Bernstein's score for the musical includes "Something's Coming", "Maria", "America", "Somewhere", "Tonight", "Jet Song", "I Feel Pretty", "A Boy Like That", "One Hand, One Heart", "Gee, Officer Krupke", and "Cool".
MusicLeonard Bernstein
LyricsStephen Sondheim
BookArthur Laurents
BasisWilliam Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Productions1957 Broadway
1958 West End
1959 U.S. tour
1960 Broadway return
1961 Film
1980 Broadway revival
1997 UK tour and West End revival
2008 West End revival and UK tour
2009 Broadway revival and US tour
International productions


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