Natya Bharati's last production - Mere Bachche

Based on Arthur Miller's All My Sons

Adapted in Hindi by Pratibha Agrawal

Director: Manoj Tiwari

Producer: Pushpa Dashottar

Cast: Raja Bhandari, Nisha Narayan, Sridhar Mirajkar/Sameer Kumar, Shirin Shirin/Chetna Gola, Manoj Singh, Mamta Kukreti, Krishna Subrahmanya Murti, and Subhojit Sen

Mere Bachche is an adaptation of Arthur Miller’s renowned play, “All My Sons.” At its core, the play is about the dynamics of human relationships and the elements that shape them. The drama of the family is at the core of all of Miller's major plays, but nowhere is it more prominent than in the realism of All My Sons. Set in the backdrop of a war, the play juxtaposes an individual’s responsibility towards his family against the responsibility towards the larger society.

Jamuna Prasad is a businessman who manufactures cylinders for fighter planes. His two sons, Sharad and Pradeep have been deployed to the war. While Pradeep returns home, Sharad is missing in action. Their mother, Kamala clings to the hope that Sharad will return some day, while Jamuna and Pradeep believe that he is dead and are ready to move on with their lives. The arrival of Sharad’s fiancé, Anu stirs up more than just past memories. As the story unfolds, so do the past secrets of the family. The revelation of these secrets is unavoidable as are their fatal consequences…

With an intriguing development of the story line and a powerful interplay between the characters, the playwright shows how the inescapable past can affect the present, how denial and self-deception enable existence and how idealism and moral responsibility define the very foundation of humanity.

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