Bharat Dabholkar | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Actor-director and writer, Bharat Dabholkar, started as a lawyer, before the creative forces forced him to take the theater, advertisements and films.
The common thread between theater and advertisements is laughing, Bharat says on a call from Mumbai. “I think the biggest relationship for people is laughter, this is Amul advertising or theater.”
Bharat brings music, Bose it on Bollywood To Bengaluru. He has written and directed music and shared the stage with Anant Mahadevan and Jayati Bhatia. Made and presented by AGP World in collaboration with Yash Raj Films, there is a song and dance in production.
“Every play of mine starts with us that makes fun of us. Once it happens, you are forgiven when you make fun of others.”
Scene from music | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
There is a thin between Bharata’s freedom and obscenity, Bharat says. “I am a lawyer, and studied the Indian Constitution. All these comedians who cite freedom of expression forget that there is also a ban of fundamental rights. A simple way to put it is my fundamental right to end my hand, where my hand swing, where another man’s place begins.”
Known for his political and social satire, Bharat says, “I have made fun of everyone in my plays, and never got into trouble, because I know where to pull the line. You are not personal nor you take side. You should always be purposeful.”
India gives Kurien 99.99 % credit for the success of the Amul campaign. “He was the best customer in the world. He said,” I understand milk and milk products, but not advertising. I have chosen you and cannot tell you what you want to do. What you want, make sure that my product sells. ” When you are given a brief that kind, your responsibility also increases. ,
Bharat laughed his titles of advertising-guru and Hingleish’s father. “I am not a guru because I have not taught anyone and I believe that no one learned anything from me. But hinged, because I did my schooling in Marathi. When I came to Mumbai, I joined a sophisticated South Bombay College. I had the most beautiful girls in 145 and five boys.
“If a girl came and asked me to go out for a film, I will reply to my head in Marathi, then translate her into English and then answer. By that time, the girl must have seen the film and would have come back. When I started using Hinglish, just started talking to the girls.”
It did this work, Bharat says in college, later in plays and advertising. “I realized that when you speak the language of the people, they do it better. We will try and connect a local. For example, for an Amul advertisement in Tamil Nadu, we decorated on the title of an MGR film, Annai Ved MatonWe created an image of MGR, which was holding Amul butter in his hand and used the tagline ‘Vida Vidan Maton’. In this way those advertisements worked. We call it sympathy in advertising. ,
About your music, Bose it on BollywoodBharat says, “I realized which community you belong to, in every marriage it is the influence of Punjabi Bollywood marriage. The play was originally called, Bose it on Yash RajWhich lasted for 12 years. Yash (Chopra) is a good friend of mine, we also got his permission for the title. Later, we changed the title Bose it on BollywoodAdd new songs and dances. ,
Bose it on Bollywood A Punjabi father, Bengali mother, and a daughter tells the story of a Muslim who wants to marry a Muslim. “The apprehensive bride’s family discovers that the Muslim family is more developed and sophisticated by them.”
The play is a tribute to Yash Chopra, who is considered the father of romance in Bollywood. “It is humorous, and breaks the stereotypes. Weddings grow up, there is a music, where we get to dance with the audience. It’s about having a good time when we make fun of everything related to weddings.”
Bollywood will be staged in the Prestige Center for Performing Arts at 7.30 pm on April 5, 7.30 pm. Https://bit.ly/biob_bangalore_booknow
Published – 03 April, 2025 01:51 pm IST
