Summary:
The play, which means Breaking of the Thighs, focuses on the eldest Kaurava son during and after his fight with Bhima. Theatre Nisha will produce an adaptation of this play today at Alliance Francaise of Madras. Directed and adapted by Shakthi, the play will remain faithful to the original text. The play portrays Duryodhana as a heroic character in a tragic manner, who suffers from his battle wounds and loss. “What I took away from the script was that violence has been in existence since the beginning of time; the idea that violence is such a primal emotion, and has been existing ever since we know it and it continues to exist now, but in different shapes and forms,” she said..