We
have
just
heard
from
London
that
DreamWorks
Animation
is
developing
a
computer
animated
Bollywood
movie.
The
company
has
announced
via
many
of
the
entertainment
trade
magazines
in
the
US
and
the
UK
that
they
have
hired
composer
A.R
Rahman
(Slumdog
Millionaire,
127
Hours),
Broadway
lyricist
Stephen
Schwartz
(Enchanted,
The
Hunchback
of
Notre
Dame,
Pocahontas)
and
husband-and-wife
producing
team
Gurinder
Chadha
and
Paul
Berges
(Bend
It
Like
Beckham,
Angus,
Thongs
and
Perfect
Snogging)
to
work
on
the
animation
studio's
first
animated
feature
musical
titled
Monkeys
Of
Bollywood.
We
also
got
to
know
that
Monkeys
Of
Bollywood
is
inspired
by
the
Hindu
epic
'The
Ramayana'.
The
Mumbai-set
story
will
revolve
around
two
monkeys
who
try
to
stop
an
ancient
demon
from
conquering
the
world.
The
Bollywood-style
animated
musical
has
no
release
date
yet.
"As
soon
as
I
heard
that
DreamWorks
Animation
envisioned
making
an
animated
Bollywood
movie,
I
knew
I
wanted
to
be
a
part
of
it," said
Schwartz
in
a
statement.
"The
fact
that
A.R.
Rahman
got
involved
made
it
an
even
more
exciting
project",
the
lyricist
added.
So
here's
to
DreamWorks
and
Bollywood,
welcome
to
the
world
where
dreams
are
sold.
Welcome
to
Bollywood
DreamWorks.
Story first published: Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 17:28 [IST]