ANDHA YUG
A verse play, Andha Yug is set against the backdrop of the last day of the Mahabharata war until the final moments of Lord Krishna’s life. In a symbolic moment in the play, longing for one last act of revenge, Ashwatthama releases the ultimate weapon, the Brahmastra, which threatens to destroy the world. The moral centre of the play lies in Krishna and his presence which reveals to us that the ethical and the just are always available to human beings, even at the worst of times.
CAST
Sajida
Gandhari
Mohd. Shahnawaj
Ashwathama
Saif Siddiqui
Dushashan and Duryodhan
Madhusudan
Bhim
Rishi Raj Singh
Kripacharya
Ankit Mishra
Vidur
Vaibhav Chaudhary
Sanjay
I. Yaiphaba
Meetei Hunter
Dharmendra Singh Gurjar
Various roles
MD Irshad
Various Roles
Riya Panwar
Various roles
Baby Kumari
Various roles
Aashutosh Mishr
Various roles
Manas Singhal
Various roles
Ayog Kumar
Various roles
Raja Nagar
Various roles
Vicky Chaudhary
Various roles
Fareed Qureshi
Various roles
Irungbm Okenshor Meitei
Various Roles
Joy Maisnam
Dhrutarastra
CREW
Avtar Sahni
Light Design
Debarati Majumdar
Sound Design
Sajida
Costume Design
Vipin and Rakesh
Set and Poster Design
Anand Singh, Ankit Anand and Ramjeet
Properties
Jaspreet Kaur
Production Manager
Dr. Dharambir Bharti
Playwright
Joy Maisnam
Designer and Director
All the play’s protagonists are some the Mahabharata’s most complicated characters and so an attempt has been made to represent them differently - as more action- oriented without tempering their pure form. All ethical dilemmas and inner contradictions of the characters have been presented but with minimum usage of dialogue.
Through this play we have conveyed the gruesome impact of power politics, self-centeredness, and the prime casualty of war - humanity and ethics, as well as a lack of a larger vision and a failure to understand consequences of one’s moral choices.
The performers have used the physical to reach the psychological state of the characters and to depict destruction. Our belief has been that India’s most significant text can be portrayed and further enhanced without being restricted by the usage of too much dialogue.