- The play follows the life of Nazia, a veteran theatre actor, and founder of the Modern Theatre, now reduced to playing the grandmother in films. The strong-willed, flamboyant and zealous Nazia denounces films and revives her theatre company. However, things do not go as planned with the unexpected arrival of Nikhat, her niece Ruby's daughter. Nazia is forced to recollect her past, much against her will. As the purdah unveils, it reveals the true vulnerability and pain that drives Nazia's art and is hidden behind her selfish and stubborn nature.
- The story is inspired by the spirit of the famous theatre doyens of yesteryear, the play is set in the world of theatre and cinema against a backdrop of Partition and the famed company theaters that performed dance dramas through the 50s till the 80s.Nazia Sahiba is an actress who has been through five decades of performance, and seven decades of personal travails and political upheavals. She sails through life on her talents that include a bizarre and funny look at life, though at the cost of affecting the lives of those who were unfortunate enough to be close to her. A moving drama laced with humor, on the life and times of an actress who saw the world in her art, but ignored the sharp vicissitudes of the real world outside.
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