Devika bhojwani biography of williams

Play it again, Sam

look back in anger, said john osborne, but the world seems to be doing anything but that. the past is now inspiration for resurrected ideas and trends; and coming full circle is the latest fad. fashion has done it with a vengeance, ruffles and frills reminiscent of victorian femininity. and now the music industry has woke up to the past. music of the '80s and earlier, seems to have found many takers in mumbai. more importantly, it isn't the younger lot who are making that music. nandu bhende, the veteran musician, has resurfaced after a long absence, performing to packed audiences at clubs, both in mumbai and pune. i was going through my earlier stuff and i realised i'm playing the same kind of music i played at my first show in 1970, says bhende. he believes that retro music never really went away, but the renewed interest is due to the fact that it was meaningful music. it was a make-love-not-war time, and musicians had time to reflect. a time of reflection results in great music. bhende noticed that audiences in mumbai are not teeny-boppers. there are young people who enjoy my music, but i have noticed people of my generation in the audience as well. i guess every generation believes the music of their generation is the best. if you saw the new york concert on television recently you would have seen paul mccartney and the who rocking harder than anyone else. they are about 60-years-old and such an inspiration! devika and suresh bhojwani have been singing together for the last 25 years.... ever since we got married, says devika. we sing jazz, blues, folk, and of course, a lot of retro. devika believes as bhende does, that the music of the decades gone before, never really went away, but the current re-kindled interest is due to the fact that it signifies fond memories for most people. music tends to reflect a certain time in one's life, and listening to it again brings back memories of a very special time. the qualit

Adman, actor, theatre guru — many faces of Alyque Padamsee

Padamsee died in Mumbai on Saturday morning at the age of 90.

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Adman-turned-filmmaker R Balki says “Padamsee brought a lot of credibilities” to the world of advertising. “He achieved this not only through his engagement with other forms of art but also with the kind of work he did, insights he brought into his work, and how he managed his clientele.”

Balki cites the campaign Padamsee planned almost 45 years ago for Surf when it was taking on the more popular and cheaper Nirma. “Padamsee said, ‘Look, the Indian audience isn’t stupid. They are aware that if something is more expensive, it’s because of its superior quality.’ This, he translated into the ad with a simple yet iconic campaign where the white-saree-clad Lalitaji spoke about the difference between ‘sasti cheez and achhi cheez’,” recalls Balki.

Padamsee was honoured with the Padma Shri in 2000.

Padamsee, who studied theatre at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, made his first stage appearance at age 7 with The Merchant of Venice. During his long theatre career, he directed nearly 70 plays, including several works of Shakespeare, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Ismat Chughtai and Vijay Tendulkar.

Actor-singer Devika Bhojwani, who played Virgin Mary in his 1974 production Jesus Christ Superstar and had the distinction of reprising her role when he revived it in 2015, describes him as “a tyrant during rehearsals” but a thespian par excellence with “amazing control over stagecraft”.

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“We feared him but had deep respect for his wisdom and his techniques regarding how to project ourselves and our voice on the stage,” she says, adding that she believes Padamsee could have ben a “wonderful actor” but he enjoyed direction more.

Ramu Ramanathan, playwright and editor of PrintWeek India, says Padamsee was a tireless flagbearer of communal harmony. “Post 1992-93, he attended th

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