"Tara" written by Mahesh Dattani is a thought-provoking play that explores complex themes such as gender identity, societal expectations, and familial relationships. It sheds light on the struggles faced by a protagonist who challenges traditional gender roles and confronts the repercussions of her choices. The play offers a powerful commentary on the impact of societal norms on individual autonomy and the importance of self-acceptance.
The theme of Mahesh Dattani's play "Tara" revolves around gender discrimination and the societal value placed on male versus female children. It explores the emotional and psychological impact of this bias on family dynamics, particularly through the relationship between the two siblings, Tara and Chandan. The play also highlights the struggles of identity and the quest for acceptance in a patriarchal society. Ultimately, it critiques societal norms and challenges the audience to reflect on the consequences of such inequalities.
The play Tara, written by Mahesh Dattani, examines gender roles and the preferential treatment of men in Indian society. The play also grapples with the issue of female infanticide in the case of conjoined twins. This play remains controversial today because of the way it reveals old traditions.
Her major plays with Theatre director Arvind Gaur are 1- Mahesh Dattani's Final Solutions 2-Neil Simon's Log-Baag 3-Deshpande's Antim Diwas 4-Ashok Lal's Ek Mamooli Aadmi 5- Mahesh Dattani's Tara 6-Dario fo's operation three star (an adaptation of Dario Fo's play Accidental Death of an Anarchist) 7-Swadesh Deepak's Court Martaial etc 8-Girish Karnad's Rakt Kalyan etc
Tara ia through out a tragic play and its difficult to point out only few points for its tragedy, but even then i would say that besides Tara and Chandan's physical and mental condition, though they r mentally sound, Bharti is more tragic in comparison to tara and chandan, her demented behaviour, her demonstration of so much affection to tara is just a convincing attempt. Bharti has been feeling guilty for her partiality towards Chandan from the time of their operation in Victoria hospital in Bombay where she and her father favoured the saperation of these Siamese twins and giving the kidney to chandan while it had its major blood supply from tara/s body. And that's why her statement like " love can make up for a lot' and her turning the children against Mr. Patel strike much as they have the inner sense of guilty and overloaded feelings. Besides Mr. Patel, though never appeared in despair, always thought of his children but deep inside he was stung, Dan is also trying to recover from the tragedy of being Siamese twins and loss of tara just by writing he revives tara, his own part..............
Mahesh Dattani's story Tara is about a girl who wants to shine as brightly as her name. He uses the typical themes of gender identity, revelation, and middle class life to show how difficult Indian life can be for a young girl.
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