Bhishma

BHISHMA THE GRANDSIRE, in a nutshell explores the inner secrets, trials and tribulation of this central and prominent character, Bhishma of Mahabharata.

He is respected as one of the Gurus not just in the period but also in the style of this thoughts and action which reflect the truth of today that can be adopted for a righteous living. Yet when we go through his steps and path that he crafted for himself, we question, why did he fall? Where did he falter? A man who had the liberty to choose his own death chooses to live at the most difficult moments but decides to end his life at a humble request. This play tries to dig deep into the hearts of a man in which no woman is ‘believed’ to have ever resided.

It attempts to examine the strength of a man who stood face-to-face in combat against two Avatars of Vishnu, and even defeated one of them, but put down his bow and arrow on sighting a man who was once a woman. Yet when we go through his steps and path that he crafted for himself, we question, why did he fall? Where did he falter? A man who had the liberty to choose his own death chooses to live at the most difficult moments but decides to end his life at a humble request.

This event is presented in Tamil.