Steven Spielberg on ‘West Side Story’: It’s a direct conversation with the young people all over the world today
The Hindu
The movie depicts the love story between Rachel Zegler and Ansel Elgort’s Maria and Tony, whose ill-fated romance fans the bitter rivalry between local New York street gangs the Sharks and the Jets
Filmmaker Steven Spielberg says he had to be fearless to be able to make “West Side Story”, a reimagining of the beloved Broadway musical of the same name, and credits the films he helmed so far for giving him the “courage”.
An adaptation of the famed 1957 Broadway musical of the same title, the movie depicts the love story between Rachel Zegler and Ansel Elgort’s Maria and Tony, whose ill-fated romance fans the bitter rivalry between local New York street gangs the Sharks and the Jets.
The stage musical also saw a movie adaptation in 1961, directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists