NCPA in collaboration with Rangdrishti-DRAMASUR presents Shahi Paharedar, a play based on Rajiv Joseph's ‘Guards at the Taj’.
In 1648, two guards stand at the gates of the Taj Mahal on the eve of its opening but they are not allowed to take a peek. Babur, the imaginative guard, is itching to do it, while the other guard Humayun, a sternly loyal second-generation civil servant, wants to prevent him from doing so. The play is about what happens to their heartbreakingly funny and relatable friendship, as it is tested under extreme circumstances. While playing on the themes of power, beauty, friendship and loss, this Hindi-Urdu adaptation of the Obie Award-winning play by the Pulitzer prize-nominated American writer Rajiv Joseph, is about contrasting the simple desires of two common people against the power that controls them, and revealing the price they need to pay for fulfilling these desires.
The play is adapted and directed by Niranjan Pedanekar.
When: September 28, 7 pm onwards
Where: Experimental Theatre, NCPA
Tickets are available on bookmyshow.com