National Theatre Live Dara adapted by by Tonya Ronder from Shahid Nadeem's Play
performed by Ajoka Theatre, Pakistan
run time 2 hrs 10 mins
IMDb tt13566926
Summary from NT at Home
1659 Mughal India. A ferocious war of succession rages between the heirs to the Muslim empire; two brothers with very different visions of its future.
Shahid Nadeem's epic tale of the dispute that shaped modern-day India and Pakistan is directed by Nadia Fall.
cast and creative
directed for the stage by Tonya Ronder
Dara Zubin Varla
Malik's Watchman / Soldier / Young Aurangzeb / Kam Gurjeet Singh
Malik's Servant / Faqir Scott Karim
Malik Jiwan / Qazi Sayed / Executioner Emilio Doorgasingh
Hira Bai Anajana Vasan
Aurangzeb Sargon Yelda
Murad/Danishmand Rudi Dharmalingam
Murad's Aide / Governor Khan / Prison Guard Esh Alladi
Imad / Mir Khalil / Mian Mir's Second Disciple Nicholas Khan
Massage girl/ Young Jahanara Mariam Hague
Soldier / Jamal / Akhtar / Hussain Gary Wood
Emperor Shah Jahan Vincent Ebrahim
Jahanara Nathalie Armin
Roshanara Anneika Rose
no credit roll from the original capture.
My Notes
I was not at all familiar with this. But on first view I heard what sounded like a familiar voice. Yes indeed it was Zubin Varla who is Theseus/Oberon from the Globe 2018 production of Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Emma Rice. Also in the cast Anjana Vasan from that same Globe show and Behind The Beautiful Forevers. Esh Alladi was in RSCLive Twelfth Night.
The story details can be found in the usual sources. A link to a review of Dara from time of production is in the NFO included.
For access to the NFO file in the folder, get Notepad++. Notepad++ also will open SRT files.
What you see is a newly rendered image with the anamorphic distortion fixed.
The original 2.6 Gb file was an anonymous source described in the NFO file with this torrent in the Proshot Plays notes. Use Notepad++ to view any NFO files.
Notes written June 28th, 2021
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