

Andha Yug
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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- Language
- Hindi
- darkness
- despair
- allegory
- moral ambiguity
- mythology
- mumbai (bombay), india
- melancholy
- tragedy
- tragic hero
- morality
- vhs
- india
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- TVPerformance 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.9 Oct 1989
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Andha Yug was released on 9 October 1989.
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