The classic tale of 'Beauty and the Beast' and its empowering message that true beauty comes from within dates back to 18th century France...
Favourite youth icon Emma Watson is back with Disney’s much anticipated romantic musical Beauty and the Beast whose stunning trailer has already created quite the rage!! The The story and characters audiences know and love, come to spectacular life in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, a live-action adaptation of the studio’s animated classic featuring an extraordinary ensemble cast, including: Emma Watson,Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw,Hattie Morahan and Nathan Mack with Ian McKellen and Emma Thompson.
The classic tale of Beauty and the Beast and its empowering message that true beauty comes from within – dates back to 18th century France and the first published version of the fairy tale, La Belle et la Bête, by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve.
Today, the themes are still just as relevant and the story continues to enthral storytellers, resulting in countless interpretations across all forms of media, but it is Disney’s Oscar-nominated animated film from 1991 which has been the definitive version.
Beauty and the Beast was the first animated feature to receive an Academy Award nomination for best picture and won two Oscars (best original score and best song), three Golden Globes and four GRAMMY Awards, among a multitude of other awards.
The film was the first animated feature to gross more than $100 million at the box office in its initial release and the first Disney animated feature to become a stage musical production, one which subsequently ran on Broadway for 13 years and was translated into eight languages, playing in over 20 countries.
Last year’s India musical was hugely popular with the Indian actors becoming stars in their own right, and with the international movie due for release, let’s take a look at cast of India’s Beauty And The Beast Vs their Disney counterparts:
1) BELLE (Meher Mistry Vs Emma Watson)
Belle is a bright and spirited young woman who dreams of adventure, romance and a world far beyond the confines of her French village. Fiercely independent and keeping to herself for the most part, Belle wants nothing to do with the town’s arrogant and boorish rogue Gaston, who relentlessly pursues her. When her father is imprisoned in the castle of a hideous Beast, Belle trades her own freedom for his and quickly befriends the former staff who has become household objects as result of a curse placed on the castle. The Beast, while surly and ill-mannered, can be generous and chivalrous and knows how to make her laugh, and Belle soon begins to sense the kind heart of the Prince within.
2) THE BEAST(Edwin Joseph Vs Dan Stevens)
Once a dashing young Prince who had grown to become cruel and self-absorbed before being transformed by an enchantress into a hideous Beast, he is trapped in the castle until he can learn to love another and be worthy of their love in return, thus breaking the curse. When the Beast catches Maurice trespassing and takes him prisoner, his beautiful and headstrong daughter Belle takes his place, and the Beast develops feelings for her, slowly beginning to come back to life
3) GASTON (Varun Narayan Vs Luke Evans)
Gaston is the arrogant and shallow villager intent on marrying Belle. A former war hero, he holds court in the village tavern and has every eligible woman in town wrapped around his finger.Smitten with Belle, who is strong-willed and impervious to his charms, Gaston becomes consumed by rejection and jealousy and leads a mob of villagers to the Beast’s castle to rescue Belle and kill the Beast
4) LUMIÈRE (Brian Tellis Vs Ewan McGregor)
Lumière is the Prince’s proper French valet who becomes a gilded candelabra as a result of the spell. While frequently at odds with Cogsworth, the mantel clock and besotted with Plumette, the feather duster, Lumière is charming and sophisticated, and can turn an ordinary meal into a musical extravaganza.
5) COGSWORTH (Krishna ‘Bugs’ Bhargava Vs Ian McKellen)
The castle’s fastidious and tightly-wound head butler who is transformed into a mantel clock by the curse of an enchantress, Cogsworth detests any kind of disruption, preferring things to run like clockwork.
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