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Tughlaq is a 1964 Indian Kannada language play written by Girish Karnad. The thirteen-scene play is set during the reign of Muhammad bin Tughlaq. It was first staged in Urdu in 1966, as a student production at National School of Drama. Most famously, it was staged at Purana Qila, Delhi in 1972.
Tughlaq Summary By Girish Karnad. Tughlaq is a historical drama written in English by Girish Karnad. The play was released in 1964 in Kannada. AlyquePadamsee, an Indian filmmaker, adapted the play into English. In the fourteenth century, Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq had been one of the Mughal rulers that reigned over India.
Oct 11, 2021 · Girish Karnad is a modern Indian playwright who draws the contours of contemporary reality upon the mythological canvas. Drawing the plots of his plays from Indian history, myths and legends, he presents them in such a way that they assume contemporary significance.
Oct 27, 2021 · Tughlaq deals with the ambiguous stand of the idealist Sultan Muhammad Tughlaq, the well known king in Indian history and offers “a psycho-political study of the protagonist of the play – his historicity, motives, vision and struggle to assert himself as the Sultan, as also how he takes his own downfall.”5 Girish Karnad himself showed his ...
Jul 4, 2023 · The play 'Tughlaq' by Girish Karnad.
In one of his interviews, Karnad says that twenty-two year period of Tughlaq’s decline offers a striking parallel to the first two decades of Indian independence under Nehru’s leadership and Nehru was remarkably like Tughlaq in his propensity for failure despite an extraordinary intellect.
Jun 6, 2021 · Why Girish Karnad’s masterpiece ‘Tughlaq’ is suitable for every era. Written in 1964, the Kannada play is a landmark for its study of a misguided and obdurate king.
Jan 1, 2001 · Girish Karnad's play Tughlaq explores the life and character of one of the most controversial kings to occupy the throne in Delhi-Mohammed-bin-Tughlaq. Often called a mixture of opposites he ruled for 26 years, a period which bought great misery and sorry for his subjects.
May 10, 2012 · Books. Tughlaq. Girish Karnad. OUP India, May 10, 2012 - Literary Criticism - 144 pages. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq, who ruled from Delhi in the fourteenth century, was a man of many dimensions....
Tughlaq: A Play in Thirteen Scenes. Tughlaq. : Girish Karnad. Oxford University Press, 1972 - 86 pages.
