acktor's theatre presents
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| Dhrunad Kamle & Hetul Tapodhan |
Story: Saadat Hasan Manto
Adatation: Abhinay Banker
Direction: Bhaumik Trivedi
Language: Hindi/ Urdu
A couple of years after the Partition of the country, it occurred to the respective governments of India and Pakistan that inmates of lunatic asylums, like prisoners, should also be exchanged. Muslim lunatics in India should be transferred to Pakistan and Hindu and Sikh lunatics in Pakistani asylums should be sent to India. During the journey to their respective destinations, the lunatics reach the Indo-Pak border.
So goes Saadat Hasan Manto's powerful satire on Partition, 'Toba Tek Singh', which questions the absurdity of Partition. Even lunatics, or rather only they, could see the contrast between the public and private madness.
The line which was drawn in 1947, that divided not only the country, but also millions of families, more or less 50:50 between India and Pakistan. The wound thus created remains unhealed even after 60 years.
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