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Banned Pakistani play staged
New Delhi: A banned Pakistani play, highlighting the rigidity of customs and dress code and ridiculing the system that upholds their sanctity, was staged for the first time in India to a packed house here.
Directed by television producer-playwright Shahid Nadeem, the play “Burqavaganza” had burqa as its theme. It made use of songs, some of them drawn from Bollywood, and dance sequences to ridicule the double standards and moral policing by vigilantes.
On the one hand, the play follows the story of young lovers Haseena and Khubroo and on the other, it shows the police hunting for wanted terrorist Bin Baten.
The play was banned by the Pakistan Government last year for allegedly going against “Quranic injunctions on the veil”.
Director unfazed
Director Nadeem however is unfazed. “We’ve been , however, staging the play at the odd platforms or two and the response is inspiring,” he said after the play was staged at the Kamani Auditorium as part of the National School of Drama’s golden jubilee celebrations to a capacity crowd that included veteran actor Zohra Sehgal. -- PTI
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