SRC Summer Theatre Festival Presents 'Tughlaq'

History is full of instances where entire masses of people have moved, voluntarily or otherwise, from one place to another, covering enormous distances, overcoming insurmountable obstacles, suffering untold misery.
Tughlaq by Girish Karnad, deals with one such mass displacement: the exodus of the wretched subjects of Tughlaq from Delhi to Daulatabad and back again, five years later, from
Daulatabad to Delhi - a movement that is as futile as it is ridiculous. History makes Tughlaq out to be a much misunderstood ruler, whose far-sighted measures or reforms boomeranged because his people were not ready for them. Karnad's Tughlaq seemingly conforms to this idea, but interpreting it in one way would detract from the timeless appeal of the play.
The real tragedy of Tughlaq, and thereby of his subjects, is that he believes he is the sole arbiter of truth. By uprooting the population from Delhi, Tughlaq unwittingly forces his subjects to be detached from his kingdom.Soon, the first cracks that appear on his throne will forever undermine his authority. The separation from his people causes irreparable damage.
The play demonstrates the chilling fact that in all of us there is a streak of Tughlaq, as much as of those mute masses whom he so ruthlessly manipulates. Every one of us has, at some time or the other, felt an overpowering desire to shape the world around us according to our ideas. More often than not, however, we end up among those nameless faceless people, trudging eternally from Delhi to Daulatabad.

Tughlaq - Humrat Ali Khan
Step Mother - Sugandha Shrivastav
Najeeb - M.Rehman
Barni - Amitabh Krishna
Aziz - Sujeet
Azam - Shitanshu Sharad
Imam-ud-din - Naresh Kumar
Shihab-ud-din - Mukesh Kumar
Ratan Singh - Indra Mohan Singh
Gyas-ud-din - Vishal Arya
Amir - 1 - Raj Bahadur
Amir - 2 - Chandan Kumar
Amir - 3 - Himanshu
Amir - 4 - Saif
Shams-ud-din - Shrikant Varma
Hindu Woman - Shruti Mishra/Neha
Young Soldier - Chandan Kumar
Old Soldier - Naresh Kumar
Karim Khan - Himanshu
Karim Khan Friend - Saif
Old Man - Mukesh Kumar
Young Man - Chandan Kumar
Sharif - Shrikant Varma
Hindu - Raj Bahadur
Announcer - I - Himanshu
Announcer - II - Raj Bahadur
Announcer - III - Sachin
Muslim Soldier - 1 - Chandan Kumar
Muslim Soldier - 2 - Naresh Kumar
Muslim Soldier - 3 - Sachin
Muslim Soldier - 4 - Vishal Arya
Muslim Soldier - 5 - Saif
Muslim Soldier - 6 - Raj Bahadur
Hindu Soldier - 1 - Sujeet
Hindu Soldier - 2 - Vishal Arya
Hindu Soldier - 3 - Shitanshu
Hindu Soldier - 4 - Sachin

White Chorus
White Chorus : Posha
White Chorus : Aman Rawat
White Chorus : Zeeshan
White Chorus : Manish Dimri
White Chorus :Chetna
White Chorus : Megha Mathur
White Chorus : Krishna Raj
White Chorus : Ankur Tiwari
White Chorus : Tarosh Rao

Chess Player
Chess Player :Shruti
Chess Player : Neha
Chess Player : Chetna
Chess Player : Naresh
Chess Player : Tarosh
Chess Player : Saif

Crowd
Crowd: Neha/Shruti
Crowd: Chetna
Crowd: Sugandha Shrivastav
Crowd: M.Rehman
Crowd: Mukesh Kumar
Crowd: Indra Mohan Singh