Today, after one year, Theatre troupe Prangane Mor is bringing their 7th production ‘Aurangzeb’ on the stage at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) in the capital’s Segun Bagicha.
The play is featuring the life of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. The play will highlight every aspect of the Mughal emperor’s life. Aurangzeb was also known as ‘Alamgir’ or ‘conqueror of the world’. His death, the palace politics as well as the pride of Mughal era will be highlighted in the play as well. The play tries to establish that the policy taken by Aurangzeb during his reign went wrong. Ignoring his predecessors’ strategy, he tried to initiate a new way that finally fell through.
Play ‘Aurangzeb’ is written by Mohit Chattopadhyaya and directed by Ananta Hira, the play selects, telescopes and fuses some historic events to capture the fissures as well as the peaks of a period of history. Faiz Zahir designed the set and lighting. Ramiz Raju and Nuna Afroz respectively direct the music and design costumes.
Prangane Mor premiered the play on September 28, 2012 at the National Theatre Hall, BSA.

Where: BSA, Segun Bagicha
When: 6:30 pm, today