India, Life, Pakistan, Politics

Jisne Lahore Nahin Dekha

Leave a comment

Courtesy: Wichaar Desk, July 20th, 2009

PHOENIX RISING MEDIA GROUP STAGES A PLAY BY ASGHAR WAJAHAT –“Jisne Lahore Nahin Dekha“. To remember millions of Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs who were killed or displaced by British India’s 1947 Partition. To commemorate the recent demise of Habib Tanvir Sahib who first brought the play into limelight amid rave reviews in 1990. And, also to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the play that is soon being turned into a Bollywood movie by Raj Kumar Santoshi.

We open the play at the Hindu Temple Auditorium in New York on August 1st and then at The Kennedy Center on August 14th and 15th, with performances also in London, Lahore, Karachi, Bombay, Sydney and Delhi. Asghar Wajahat and famous Bollywood Producer / Director Raj Kumar Santoshi will be with us to mark the occasion.

The play takes place in the year 1947, when the Indian sub-continent was chaotically partitioned into India and Pakistan, as the world saw the largest migration in human history. The displaced population crossed the border with minimal possessions, hoping that the newly created “Custodian’s” office would allot them a home vacated by the refugees in the other country. This is a riveting story of the interaction between a Muslim refugee family that migrates from Luckhnow, India to Lahore, Pakistan and the mother of a Hindu refugee family who is somehow left behind when others in her family leave for India.

Source- http://www.wichaar.com/news/292/ARTICLE/15408/2009-07-20.html

By using this service you agree not to post material that is obscene, harassing, defamatory, or otherwise objectionable. Although IAOJ does not monitor comments posted to this site (and has no obligation to), it reserves the right to delete, edit, or move any material that it deems to be in violation of this rule.