A family at war. An empire in the balance.
1659. Mughal India. The imperial court, a place of opulence and excess; music, eunuchs and harems. Two brothers, whose mother’s passing inspired the Taj Mahal, are heirs to this Muslim empire. Now they struggle ferociously for succession.
Dara, the crown prince, has the love of the people β and of his emperor father β but younger brother Aurangzeb holds a different vision for India’s future. Islam inspires poetry in Dara, puritanical rigour in Aurangzeb. Can anything assuage Aurangzeb’s resolve to seize the Peacock Throne and purge the empire?
There is no limit to what families do to one another, so much more cruel than they are to strangers. An intense domestic drama of global consequence β for India then and for our world now β presented by Prayas with an epic ensemble cast of 23.
Written by Shahid Nadeem, adapted by Tanya Ronder.
