"SHEHR-E-AFSOS"
(The City of Sorrows)

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December - 2004 (Lahore)


Written by: Intezar Hussain
Directed by: Madeeha Gauhar

Shehr-e-Afsos is an experimental production based on Intizar Hussain's master piece. In his characteristic style Intizar Hussain seeks to expose the nightmarish world of three guilt ridden scepters who have lived through the bloodied times of both "47 & 71". They are surreal figures, caught in a web of eternal guilt and condemnation. They seek escape from the horrendous memories which engulf them, but there is no respite--no salvation, as they plunge further into the abbys of despair in the city of sorrows.

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