Forget "Frankie goes to Hollywood" - cos we're going to Bollywood!!

Tonights the night!!! 3 of us booked to see a theatre show called "The Merchants of Bollywood" at our Wales Millenium Centre...

First, it was all down to my place to dress up and look nice!! Then it was off to Demiro's mediterranean restaurant in Cardiff Bay, where we snuggled up to some romantic girlie candlelit dinner and dessert!! Yumm!! Hey, I was good - I by-passed the dessert!!!
The meal was delicious and we were so full - our bellies were painful! But we were geared up, as the time approached for us to leave the restaurant and goto the show...

The show starts.... Fantastic live dance extravaganza like nothing you’ve ever seen before - well in real life, for me anyway! There were singers and dancers with lots of glitter, glamour, romance and allure... There's familiar indian songs that I've heard before which reminded me of Aysh/Sad's wedding and our mendhi dance!!
Memories!!! I loved the show because it was different and the dance routines were fab... All 3 even suggested that we goto each other's house on our days off and try some of the moves!!! Umm....!?!?!? The brief summary of the story is below:

The story begins in India, in the deserts of Rajasthan, in the temple of Shiva. The Merchant family dynasty holds the responsibility of upholding the ancient traditions of the Kathak dance, the dance of the Gods. Shantilal Merchant is the last in the line of gurus. This tradition is about to die out. Shantilal was formerly a choreographer in the golden era of India’s great film industry, Bollywood. India was recovering from Partition. Division in the country had ripped the heart and soul of the people apart and Shantilal believed that Cinema could heal the wounds.
Shantilal left when the industry grew commercial and lawless, influenced by western trends and dirty money. Shantilal began his own dance school in the desert, teaching traditional folk dance.
His granddaughter Ayesha left Rajasthan against his wishes to become the reigning queen of choreography of Bollywood films today. She has the Midas touch. They cal her “The Princess of Romance”.

Although they are family, their approach to film choreography could not be further apart.
Shantilal believed that films should change people’s lives. Ayesha believes film should help people escape. Reality or fantasy – there lies the conflict. Ayesha’s teenage rebellion against her classical training, in favor of modern western dance styles, was the seed of their fued. The damage seems irreparable. Ayesha resolves to visit Shantilal to make peace. Her journey takes her to the heart of India – the deserts of Rajasthan and into the arms of her childhood sweetheart Uday.

In the temple, the fires are burning low. Her grandfather is dying. There is no one left to continue the family tradition, performing the dance of the Gods. Ayesha decides to marry Uday, and stay in Rajasthan to run her fathers dance school and maintain the family traditions. But she will run the school her way, in a balance of old and new. The finale of the show is colourful, thrilling, high-energy fusion of folk, classical, modern, Western and Indian dance forms.
Tears are shed, old wounds are healed, age-old conflict is reconciled in a powerful journey to the sacred heart of dance.