As it turns out, Din is not only the author, but is now playing the title role of film producer Bunty Berman, having stepped in after the previous Bunty had to withdraw as a result of an accident. Din does very well as the harried Bunty, trying to make a typical Bollywood film without having sufficient funds and needing to enlist help from an unscrupulous mobster.

The plot is corny, but so are the plots of the Bollywood films being satirized. What keeps this one enjoyable is the combination of amusing dances (choreography by Josh Prince), eye-catching costumes (by William Ivey Long) and amusing songs, whether comic or romantic. I especially like Gayton Scott as Dolly, the secretary who is in love with Bunty and waits for him to notice her feelings. She sings her emotions appealingly.

Sorab Wadia is over-the-top funny as the Bollywood leading man Raj, who has seen better days but still thinks he is an irresistible charmer until he realizes he has to give way to youth. The new generation is represented by Nick Choksi who as Saleem at first just serves tea, but you know early-on that he will be the one with a road to stardom and winning the affection of Lipica Shah as Shambervi, the pretty star.

Derek McLane has provided a workable set, abetted by Wendall K. Harrington’s projection design, and Scott Elliott has directed with an on-target feel for the Bollywood aesthetic. A scene-stealer is the appearance of a large, fake elephant’s rear-end.

The musical made me recall a conversation I head on an airplane flight while sitting beside Indira Gandhi when she was Minister of Culture before she became India’s Prime Minister. At the time, in the 1960s, actors could not even kiss on screen. She promised that the restrictions would have to change. And they have indeed eased over the years.