Uday Kulkarni migrated to Australia in 1999.
He says that “since then I have been trying actively to bring Indian culture and cinema on Australian stage.”
Last year, Uday worked on 100 Years of Indian cinema.
Uday Kulkarni Source: Uday Kulkarni
He is bringing to Sydney – “Black and White” – is a story of an era of Hindi cinema.
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It is a story of Hindi cinema’s journey from B&W to colour.
The stage production is by a well-known Indian crew.
“Black and White” travels through life of Hindi cinema from 1945 to 1968.
B&W Source: B&W
This is considered the golden era of Hindi Cinema.
Uday says “the production brings to stage the best of Indian scree with all the poetry and music.”
“Black and White” is a collage of performance on screen and stage.
Black and White show Source: Black and White Youtube
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“The journey re-introduces the audiences to K.L Saigal, Bimal Roy, V. Shantaram, Guru Dutt, Dev Anand, Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Madhubala, Meena Kumari, and Shammi Kapoor, to name just a few stalwarts,” Uday adds.
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Audiences would be able to see a stage musical where the singers “act” the characters as well.
To know more about “Black and White” and how Indian-Australians are nostalgic about their roots, listen to Amit Sarwal’s conversation with Uday Kulkarni.
