Months after Girish Karnad passed on, his last play comes to Mumbai. And actordirector and friend Arjun Sajnani says, itu2019s anew, sympathetic, look at todayu2019s conflicts
He admits to being bowled over by the second act. u201c But the first was so immense in scope that I couldnu2019t get around it and took around four months [ to get a grip on]. Then, Shama Zaidi [ scriptwriter, costume designer and art director], who is known to Girish and me because we did Tughlaq togetheru2014 said, u2018 donu2019t be an a**. u00ad ust tell Girish you are doing the play and do itu2019.u201d The play is based on the legendary battle fought in f . u00a4 . between the Vijayanagara Empire, led by Aliya Rama Raya, and an alliance of the Deccan sultanates centres GITANJALI CHANDRASEKHARAN
