‘Sons of Babur’ presents an entertaining, informative and aesthetic account of the ‘Worlds’ of Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb as seen from far-off Rangoon by the final and deposed Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar. The play seamlessly connects the current to the previous, an introspection of the Mughal period and a novel studying of Indian historical past. Sons of Babur was quickly shelved owing to numerous logistical points. 

The play will probably be carried out in the principle auditorium of the India International Centre at 6 p.m. on 26 May 2023. The masterpiece was written on the event of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of 1857, and far analysis went into it. I consulted nearly all of the related historic sources and went into all of the totally different viewpoints about Mughal historical past.

Finally, the play has now been revived, and the unanimous selection for the lead position was Sayeed Alam of Pierrot’s Troupe, who has admirably stuffed Tom Saheb’s footwear. As half of the revival, the primary present of the play within the final winter was on a bitterly chilly night in New Delhi; the viewers was left mesmerized and rose to give a standing ovation.

About Sons of Babur

The play is very about Bahadur Shah Zafar and 1857. It will not be a historian’s level of view however that of a tragic king and poet analysing the Mughal previous. The protagonist is a Bengali historical past pupil who deeply understands Bangla nationalism. In a state of hallucination, he meets Zafar and witnesses Mughal historical past and the occasions of 1857 from Zafar’s perspective. Zafar has no over-sentimental attachment to his ancestors and analyses them objectively, generally even ruthlessly. Even the occasions of 1857, the tide of which engulfed him and his kingdom with it, are dissected fairly clinically by him. Towards the tip of the play, the protagonist calls Zafar the ‘final Mughal emperor’. Quickly, Zafar corrects him, calling himself the ‘first democratically elected emperor of India’, displaying foresight concerning the coming days of democracy.

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