Aurangzeb: In Hindustan, the Mughal Emporium had the blood line of Toimur Long and Genghis Khan, the tradition of Toimur dynasty was- every prince has the same authority to the throne, regardless of seniority, the one whose sword is the longest, the sharpest, the most successful has the most possession. This is how the Mughal Emporium was run from ages after ages. Emperor Humayun conquered the throne by fighting against his brothers Kamran, Ashkari and Hindal. Lord Akbar also used the arsenal against Mirza Muhammod Hakim. Emperor Jahangir declared a rebellion against his own father.
Aurangzeb
About the Play:
In Hindustan, the Mughal Emporium had the blood line of Toimur
Long and Genghis Khan, the tradition of Toimur dynasty was- every prince has
the same authority to the throne, regardless of seniority, the one whose sword
is the longest, the sharpest, the most successful has the most possession. This
is how the Mughal Emporium was run from ages after ages. Emperor Humayun
conquered the throne by fighting against his brothers Kamran, Ashkari and
Hindal. Lord Akbar also used the arsenal against Mirza Muhammod Hakim. Emperor
Jahangir declared a rebellion against his own father. Emperor Shahjahan
conquered the throne by shedding bloods of his brothers Khosru and Shahriar.
But Shahjahan lived his last years of life as a prisoner of his son Aurangzeb.
Though Aurangzeb, son of Shahjahan was devout Sunni Muslim, he imprisoned his
father to get the hold of the throne and killed his brothers Dara, Murad and
Suja who were also the claimants of the throne. But in every era, the battle of
power and throne revolves in the same circle. At the dying age of Emperor
Shahjahan, Emperor Aurangzeb was also imprisoned by his sons after they went
rebellion, and lived his last stage of life at Ahommodnagar with his daughter
Zinat. It was similar to the way his father got imprisoned by him and lives the
last stage of his life at the royal of Delhi with his daughter Jahanara. The
emperor Aurangzeb died when his son went rebellion, prince Akbar died after
fleeing away to Persia and MuhammodMiaz got imprisoned. At the end, his third
and the youngest sons Azam and Kam Bakhsh got engaged in the conspiracy of
killing each other to conquer the throne. Before his last breaths, at the age
of ninety, the old Aurangzeb got to realize that “If someone becomes heartless
even after having the holy Qur’an with him, then there is no mercy for him,
because the almighty Allah and the holy Qur’an never say to be a heads-man, the
almighty Allah and the holy Qur’an never teach to conquer the throne by
shedding bloods of brothers.”“Aurangzeb” is the name of an intense protest
against all the brutalities, cruelties or inhuman unjust done in every era, in
every country by using the religion and for the sake of religion.
Director Notes
Have to write, So…As a dramatist and audience, it’s my
observation from past one decade that the scarcity of good stories with rich
acting and brilliant dialogues in our stage productions is only increasing.
Undesirable, unnecessary physical feats, choreography or music based
productions in the name of theatre are occupying that place. In the tendency of
doing or showing many unnecessary things, strongly built stories, dialogues and
acting based dramas loses their identities. In those productions, I find
another crisis among the actors and actresses. As the culture of showing a
collective physical feat or practicing choreography based dramas is
continuously increasing, the process of increasing the personal acting skills
of actors-actresses or the process of building up the new comers as a skilled
actor/actress is getting interrupted. As a result of this, the audience of this
time gets to see many things in a drama, but can’t witness a brilliant acting,
a brilliant story or a brilliant dialogue.
The play “Aurangzeb” attracted me by its strongly built story
and dialogue pattern, which can really challenge an actor or actress. It
challenges a director as well. And almost all the historical characters of this
drama are big challenges for the performers. Because every skillful performer
has the opportunity of portraying each of those characters in a jovial manner.
From the very beginning, Prangonemor has always tried to choose plays with good
stories and dialogues and gift the audience a skillfully acted drama with the
help of the creativity of the director. We believe that all the other things
are secondary other than good stories, acting and dialogues, in other words all
the other arrangements are for the story, play and acting. We continued our
same efforts in the production “Aurangzeb”.
Direction: Ananta Hira
Writing: Mohit Chottapadhay
Premier show- 28 september 2012
Venue –Jatio NatyaShala, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka.
Aurangzeb Back Stage & On Stage
on Stage |
|
Aurangzeb |
Ananta Hira |
Rowshon Ara |
Nuna Afroz |
Shahjahan |
Ramiz Razu |
Darashiko |
Yousuf polash |
Jahanara |
Suvechha Rahman |
Malik Jibon |
Mainul Tawhid |
Bahadur Kha |
Sarwar Saikat |
Gul Muhammad |
Tohid Biplob |
Asad |
Rigan Sohagh Ratna/
Bandhu Tuhin |
Rahim kha, Rustam |
Bandhu Tuhin |
Jinat |
Farhana Dristi/Maria
Mumu/Chaitaly Halder |
Senapoti |
Sujoy Dasgupta |
Savasod |
Litu/Niru, Shuvo,
Mushfiq/Urmil,Tuhin, Raza,Sumon, Rahul |
Back Stage |
|
Script |
Mohit Chattopadhyay |
Direction |
Ananta Hira |
Stage & Light |
Fayez Jahir |
Costume |
Nuna Afroz |
Music |
Ramiz Razu |
Poster |
Shahinur Rahman |
Still Picture |
Rafi, Belal |
Props |
Nuna Afroz, Ramiz Razu |
Get-up |
Manik |
Mask |
Mashiudhola Azad |
Music Operator |
Ahmed Sojan/Porosh Ahmed |
Assis. Light |
Tawfiq Azim Robin |
Light Operator |
Tawfiq Azim Robin / Ahmed Sojan |
Makeup |
Joni
Sen |
Production Manager |
Simanto Amin/Shabuktagin Shuvo |
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