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April 17, 2000 |
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 Man from Mumbai Please
sing something for us," an earnest journalist asks. The object of her
attention barely hesitates a moment, the wicked twinkle in his eyes
softens before he breaks into a song, right there in the middle of a
restaurant at Delhi's Radisson Hotel: "To dream the impossible dream
...," Dalip Tahil sings in his throaty voice. The man from Mumbai --
film, stage and TV actor -- is in Delhi with his musical Don Quixote: Man
of La Mancha, based on Miguel de Cervantes' novel. The play, co-starring
pop singer Suneeta Rao, is travelling to the capital after its Mumbai run
and some recently concluded shows in Dehradun. And while for the rest of
the world it might be just the memorable classic about a
loveable eccentric tilting at windmills, for Tahil it's a
much-needed break from Bollywood, and a return to theatre. The film star
who was Aamir Khan's dad in the blockbuster Qayamat se Qayamat Tak and is
now the bad guy in Kaho Naa ... Pyaar Hai, says he took a conscious
decision to go slow on theatre when the film offers started rolling in.
"But there was something missing in my life," he recalls. So
last year he decided to produce -- and star in -- Man of La Mancha, he
also stepped into Che Guevara's shoes in Alyque Padamsee's revival of
Evita, and is currently shooting for a teleserial on Delhi. Does he dream
the impossible dream? "Oh yes, of course," he replies.
"Just look, I have actually managed to turn my hobby into a
profession." The impossible dream, the unreachable star ... it's all
part of the game for him.
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Anna M.M. Vetticad
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