![]() There was no pretence of even basic technical finesse, but lots of girls in shiny, skimpy outfits in the many dance numbers with psychedelic lights and mirrored disco balls.ĭisco Dancer – The Musical, currently being staged in Mumbai, has been directed and choreographed by Rajeev Goswami. Despite a co-writer like Rahi Masoom Reza, the script was laughably bad – poor boy beats evil rich man and also woos his daughter. Through whatever lens it is seen or remembered, the film was awful. It’s quite another matter that nostalgia for that period is felt only by those who did not live through it. Which is why 40 years later, it has been converted to a stage musical to make audiences with twitchy feet relive the 1980s. The film became such a success that over time it acquired cult status. Bappi Lahiri, whose music propelled the film to superhit status, had cut-pasted a few songs from several sources. Back in 1982, when Disco Dancer was released, plagiarism was not such a big issue. Mithun Chakraborty was cast by B Subhash in Disco Dancer because of his long legs, to match John Travolta’s dance-walk from Saturday Night Fever, the obvious inspiration for the Hindi film. UK is considering curbs on visas to foreign students’ families, says report.From Odisha to Kerala, a bus of climate migrants.View from Dawn: Violence, rights and communications curtailed in Pakistan – what next?.‘I couldn’t see any humanity in them’: Muzaffarnagar riots rape survivor on the long road to justice.Fiction: How did brothers Hakka and Bukka Raya establish the Vijayanagara empire?.‘Chatrapathi’ review: So bad that it could be good? Not really.‘Dahaad’ review: In crime thriller, the real hero is the murder suspect. ![]() ‘It’d be madness to think it was all sword and fire’: Vivekananda on the long Muslim rule in India.Readers’ comments: The Kerala Story is ‘not is the real truth’.Badminton: What is the new spin serve and why it has been banned by BWF in the interim.Manipur violence: All 10 Kuki MLAs demand separate administration for their community.IPL 2023: Suryakumar Yadav scores his first IPL century – ‘The stuff of legends’.
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