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Andha Yug

Andha Yug

OCT 9, 1989 · 90 MIN · DIR. SATYADEV DUBEY

DramaWarHistory

"Andha Yug"—literally 'Age of Blindness'—is an allegorical play written in the aftermath of the Partition of India by Shri Dharamvir Bharti. Rooted in the epic Mahabharata, this landmark 1989 Delhi performance was staged for the Nehru Shatabdi Samaroh Festival and has since been preserved by the Natya Shodh Sansthan, Kolkata (NSS). Set on the final day of the Kurukshetra war, the narrative chronicles the end of the Dvapara Yuga and the immediate descent into the dark Kali Yuga, triggered by Lord Krishna's demise. This five-act masterpiece explores the moral collapse, cycles of revenge, and psychological trauma of war. It depicts the pyrrhic reality of the Kali Yuga—the worst, shortest, and darkest of the four cosmic ages—in which recursive violence degrades the fabric of civilization, blinding individuals to reason as they are forced to reckon with the devastation's fallout.

Cast

  • Sunila Pradhan

    Gandhari

  • Chandra Shekhar Shenoy

    Dhritarashtra

  • Vasant Soman

    Vidura

  • Mohan Bhandari

    Yuyutsu

  • Akash Khurana

    Sanjay

  • Amrish Puri

    Amrish Puri

    Vriddha Yachak / Kripacharya / Vyas

  • Naseeruddin Shah

    Naseeruddin Shah

    Ashwatthama

  • Satyadev Dubey

    Satyadev Dubey

    Kritverma

  • Shafi Inamdar

    Shafi Inamdar

    Balram / Yudhishthir

  • Ganesh Yadav

    Ganesh Yadav

    (Prahari) Guard

  • Kishore Kadam

    Kishore Kadam

    (Prahari) Guard

  • Ganesh Vernekar

    (Prahari) Guard

Crew

Screenplay

Dharamvir Bharati

Story

Dharamvir Bharati

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