Fourteen Songs, Two Weddings and a Funeral (1998 / 2001)

adapted by Sudha Bhuchar and Kristine Landon-Smith from the film Hum Aapke Hain Koun

Pooja falls in love with Rajesh.  Prem, Rajesh’s brother, falls in love with Nisha, Poja’s sister.  But when Pooja dies suddenly in tragic circumstances, Nisha finds herself betrothed to the wrong brother.  Will Nisha’s secret love for Prem be discovered before it’s too late?

Featuring all the classic ingredients - romance, comedy, melodrama, song and dance - Fourteen Songs, Two Weddings and A Funeral is an enchanting love story lavishly told in true Bollywood style

Credits

Director  Kristine Landon-Smith
Designer  Sue Mayes
Lighting Designer  Paul Taylor
Music Director / Arrangements  Barrie Bignold
Sound Engineer  Mike Furness
English Song Lyricist  Sean McCarthy
Additional English Lyrics  Felix Cross
Original Cast  Rajesh Bedi, Ajay Chhabra, Meneka Das, Shiv Grewal, Raza Jaffrey, Shobu Kapoor, Pravesh Kumar, Parminder Nagra, Rehan Sheikh, Sameena Zehra

Reviews

Winner of the Barclays Theatre Award for Best Musical

Winner of the BBC Asia Award for Achievement in the Arts

"Puts most London musicals in the shade.”
The Guardian

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