A.R.Rahman Composing Music For Hollywood’s Movies
Oscar-winning AR Rahman, Gurinder Chadha, Paul Berges come together for director Kevin Lima’s Bollywood-style animated musical adventure title Monkeys in Mumbai. Lima, who directed Disney’s animated Tarzan (1999) before turning to live-action hits such as 102 Dalmatians (2000) and Enchanted. The Indian epic Ramayana, which tells the story of Lord Rama, will soon be made into a Bollywood-style animated musical fairy tale of Hollywood director Kevin Lima. This animated musical is titled “Monkeys in Mumbai.”
Once you’ve written two critically acclaimed Hollywood film Slumdog Millionaire, 127 hours, seen Oscar-winner AR Rahman to compose for DreamWorks’ Ramayana inspired the musical film “Monkeys in Mumbai.” The film is about a man whose wife is kidnapped by a demon king. Lima will turn to the story through the viewpoint of two normal monkeys become unlikely heroes.
Directed by Kevin Lima (“Enchanted” and “Tarzan”) ‘Monkeys in Mumbai “is DreamWorks first Bollywood-style animated musical film. The lyrics of the film will be written by Stephen Schwartz.” Since the enchanted, I’ve been looking for a musical. When DreamWorks Animation approached me with the prospect of making a Bollywood musical with such reputable partners, I knew it was the one, “says Lima.
The animated musical in which two monkeys are unlikely heroes save the world from an ancient demon, will be written by Gurinder Chadha, Paul Berges, who collaborated on Bend It Like Beckham. The film will be produced by Lisa Stewart and Chris Chase. AR Rahman is also executive producer on the film.
