Watch Shabana Azmi essay the role of an author embroiled in a psychological dilemma in Broken Images
Presented by ARRA Arts in partnership with Living Arts Centre (LAC), it is a psychological thriller that rips the mask off a celebrity.
Written by Girish Karnad in 2004, the play is directed by Alyque Padamsee.
The play depicts the 21st century as an era of electronic images.
From every corner of our daily life, images throw themselves at us, arguing, accusing and wheedling until the very essence of our private existence seems threatened. But suppose the deadliest of these images were one’s own shattered self?
When Manjula, a mediocre writer in Hindi, gets international acclaim for a book that she writes in English, she wonders if she has betrayed her own language and identity.
As the story progresses, it becomes a thriller, leaving viewers very unsettled.
Shabana Azmi plays two sisters and their many images, as they morph into one another.
(Reporting by Asha Bajaj)
Image: LAC/FB page
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