One OF the longest running Broadway musicals, Beauty And The Beast made its stage debut in India last October with some of the best musical theatre performers in the country bringing alive Disney's classic French fairytale alive. As the new season of the musical is round the corner, some of the main characters, Meher Mistry (Belle), Edwin Joseph (Beast), Hitesh Malukani and Bugs Bhargava met the hitlist team recently to share their experiences of rehearsing on gigantic sets, promotion of drama in India and theatre as a career option.

Excerpts from the conversation: