“Blinding darkness is all that remains in the ashes of war.”
"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.
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Sunila Pradhan
Gandhari
Chandra Shekhar Shenoy
Dhritarashtra
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Vasant Soman
Vidura
Mohan Bhandari
Yuyutsu
Known for
Paheli
Akash Khurana
Sanjay
Amrish Puri
Vriddha Yachak / Kripacharya / Vyas
Known for
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
Naseeruddin Shah
Ashwatthama
Known for
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Monsoon Wedding
Satyadev Dubey
Kritverma
Also in
Godam
Nishant
Shafi Inamdar
Balram / Yudhishthir
Also in
Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi
Love
Ganesh Yadav
(Prahari) Guard
Known for
Company
The Legend of Bhagat Singh
Kishore Kadam
(Prahari) Guard
Known for
Special 26
Black Friday
Ganesh Vernekar
(Prahari) Guard
Also in
Drishti
Satyadev Dubey Director · Dharamvir Bharati Screenplay Ratna Pathak Shah Costume designer
First release October 9, 1989 · Produced in India · Production Theatre Unit, Bombay, Sangeet Natak Akademi
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Doordarshan
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Theatre Unit, Bombay
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Sangeet Natak Akademi
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India
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Original title
अंधा युग
Original language
Hindi
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Hindi
Release dates
India · October 9, 1989
TV · Performance filmed by Satyadev Dubey with the Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA) for debut at the Nehru Shatabdi Samaroh theater festival. Digitally preserved and archived by Natya Shodh Sansthan, Kolkata (NSS). Additional thanks due to Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani, Uday Joshi, Overseas Agencies, Chetna College, Awishkar, Ms. Bhawana, Salim Arif, and Ashoria Balsaver.
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