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The play deals with the most enigmatic episode of ancient Indian history, where a great warrior-king changes into a practitioner of non-violence and compassion almost overnight. The transformation of Emperor Ashoka has been the subject of many plays. In Samrat, the playwright explores this episode at a psychological and, therefore, at a more humane level. In Bhanu Bharti’s Samrat, the symbolism becomes powerful, with the stage becoming stark and bereft of its props, even as an emperor converses with a mendicant, anguished by the futility of war. Through his pain, is an exploration of the dilemma that confronts the world today. In Samrat, the director expertly revisits the theme of non-violence. And without becoming didactic.
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