Sorry Juliet, but it seems like Paaro does love Romeo – The Express Tribune
Extracts from the review of this theatrical performance:
Faizan Sheikh’s crazy moves on the popular Indian song Badtameez Dil were the only highlights of the play that only lasted for a mere 15 minutes (at the beginning). What remains, is a bunch of youngsters trying to act and failing desperately.
In terms of acting, **all performers, especially Natalia and Fariha, need a dire lesson in how to use their voices during a live stage show because either you couldn’t hear them at all or it was just unbearably loud. What came as a real surprise was the performance by seasoned actor Saqib Sumeer as Makkhan Singh, who despite coming from Napa and having done immense amount of theatre, has fallen prey to bad direction and good commercial money. **Sumeer’s downhill journey as an actor is a text book example of how this vicious cycle of so-called ‘musicals’ can turn an immensely talented actor into more of a showman and less of a true artist.
The script is bland with unnecessary stereotypical jokes and one liners such as** “Abay Korangi ki Bipasha Basu” and “Chotay ho tou kahin bhi charh jaaogay” whereas the set is way too grand for the play.** Rather, it appears as a pleasant backdrop for item songs. The important issue that needs to be considered is the shelf life of these Bollywood-inspired musicals which lack a powerful message. With limited experience, socially irrelevant stories and structure-less plots, you can only fool the audience for a while but sooner or later they will realise that they are being fooled.
So what happened to this one of the earliest form of performing arts in sub-continent (it was there before Radio, Cinema and TV).
Who is responsible for decline?
Why every form of media is so inspired by bollywood content?
Re: Sorry Juliet! Paaro Loves Romeo
It seems that theatre lost its value on one hand due to Mujra culture and on other hand cheap inspiration of bollywood flicks. The same actors (Sohail Ahmed and co. ) were doing theatre on novels like 'Ik chadar meli si' attracting people for weeks.
Re: Sorry Juliet! Paaro Loves Romeo
People are magpies, they like shiny glittery things.