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A biographical play about 19th-century writer and philosopher Manilal Dwivedi, presenting his work as a scholar and advocate of women’s education, his illness, and the entanglement of lust, literature, and spirituality in his life.
When King Jaychandra is killed by his rival, his wife and her protectors are left vulnerable to the conqueror’s son. Tarala betrays Kanta by breaking a necklace that signals her husband’s death; believing Sursen dead, Kanta enters his funeral pyre, and he follows her. Tarala then kills the prince and herself in remorse. The tragedy adapts a historical royal conflict with invented characters and dramatic twists.
Hiranyakashipu vows revenge after Vishnu's Varaha avatar kills his brother. His son Prahalad remains devoted to Vishnu despite his father's threats; when Hiranyakashipu orders him to embrace a hot iron pillar, Nrusinh emerges from it and kills the king. The Gujarati play combines the myth with a jester's household and Sanskrit-style dramatic conventions.
A biographical play about 19th-century writer and philosopher Manilal Dwivedi, presenting his work as a scholar and advocate of women’s education, his illness, and the entanglement of lust, literature, and spirituality in his life.
When King Jaychandra is killed by his rival, his wife and her protectors are left vulnerable to the conqueror’s son. Tarala betrays Kanta by breaking a necklace that signals her husband’s death; believing Sursen dead, Kanta enters his funeral pyre, and he follows her. Tarala then kills the prince and herself in remorse. The tragedy adapts a historical royal conflict with invented characters and dramatic twists.
Hiranyakashipu vows revenge after Vishnu's Varaha avatar kills his brother. His son Prahalad remains devoted to Vishnu despite his father's threats; when Hiranyakashipu orders him to embrace a hot iron pillar, Nrusinh emerges from it and kills the king. The Gujarati play combines the myth with a jester's household and Sanskrit-style dramatic conventions.