The Fire and the Rain
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The Fire and the Rain is a play by Indian dramatist Girish Karnad that reimagines a story from the Mahabharata to explore themes of power, sacrifice, and human desire.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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play ⓘ |
| adaptation | Agni Varsha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationType | film adaptation ⓘ |
| author | Girish Karnad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Mahabharata
NERFINISHED
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a story from the Mahabharata ⓘ |
| centralConflict | completion of a long fire sacrifice to bring rain ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | realist drama with mythic elements ⓘ |
| explores |
abuse of ritual power
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conflict between personal desire and social duty ⓘ relationship between asceticism and desire ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Arjun Sajnani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationLanguage | Kannada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationTitle | Agni Varsha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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mythological drama ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Arvasu
NERFINISHED
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Indra NERFINISHED ⓘ Nittilai NERFINISHED ⓘ Paravasu NERFINISHED ⓘ Raibhya NERFINISHED ⓘ Vishakha NERFINISHED ⓘ Yavakri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th century Indian drama ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | important work in Girish Karnad’s myth-reinterpretation plays ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
human desire
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jealousy ⓘ power ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ spiritual crisis ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| notableProduction |
National School of Drama production
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various Indian theatre company productions ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | modern Indian English theatre canon ⓘ |
| setting |
a Vedic sacrificial arena
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ancient India ⓘ |
| structure | three-act play ⓘ |
| subject |
Brahminical authority
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Vedic rituals ⓘ caste and social hierarchy ⓘ gender relations ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Girish Karnad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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