# Andha Yug (1989)

Hindi · Released 1989-10-09

Andha Yug is a 1989 Hindi film. Naseeruddin Shah, Ganesh Yadav, Kishor Kadam and Ratna Pathak Shah appear in it.

Cast: Naseeruddin Shah as Ashwatthama, Ganesh Yadav as (Prahari) Guard, Kishor Kadam as (Prahari) Guard, Ratna Pathak Shah as Katha Gayan/Mangalacharan

## Storyline
"Andha Yug"—literally 'Age of Blindness'—is an allegorical play written in the aftermath of the Partition of India by Shri Dharamvir Bharti. Rooted in the epic Mahabharata, this landmark 1989 Delhi performance was staged for the Nehru Shatabdi Samaroh Festival and has since been preserved by the Natya Shodh Sansthan, Kolkata (NSS). Set on the final day of the Kurukshetra war, the narrative chronicles the end of the Dvapara Yuga and the immediate descent into the dark Kali Yuga, triggered by Lord Krishna's demise. This five-act masterpiece explores the moral collapse, cycles of revenge, and psychological trauma of war. It depicts the pyrrhic reality of the Kali Yuga—the worst, shortest, and darkest of the four cosmic ages—in which recursive violence degrades the fabric of civilization, blinding individuals to reason as they are forced to reckon with the devastation's fallout.

## Common questions

### When was Andha Yug released?
Andha Yug was released on 9 October 1989.

### Who stars in Andha Yug?
Naseeruddin Shah, Ganesh Yadav, Kishor Kadam and Ratna Pathak Shah star in Andha Yug.

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