D Spurthi 10PGHR14 Mathew J V arghese 10PGHR23 Mans i Mhe tras 10PGHR25 Priy anka Pardasani 10PGHR38 Sudhakar Mishra 10PGHR48 T ripti Bansal 10PGHR54
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D Spurthi 10PGHR14Mathew J Varghese 10PGHR23
Mansi Mhetras 10PGHR25
Priyanka Pardasani 10PGHR38
Sudhakar Mishra 10PGHR48
Tripti Bansal 10PGHR54
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Characters in the Play
Singh FamilyVikram and
Geeta
Vishal Singh Rahul Singh
Madhavi
Pooja Aarushi
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Character Analysis
Vikram Singh:61 year old, factory owner, husband and father. A man who
deeply loves his family and has a business of selling cylinder heads to
Indian Army
Geeta Singh: A devoted mother, she has not given up hope that her sonwill return some day. She holds on to this belief because if perished
during war, then her husband is responsible for her sons death
Vishal: the oldest son of Vikram and Geeta Singh. Vishal works alongside
his father, helping him manage the factory. Vishal fought bravely in War,
but was changed by his experience. Vishal is a loyal, hardworking son.
Rahul: The elder son of Vikram and Geeta Singh who went missing in
Kargil War 4 years ago. He was in love with Pooja.
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Character Analysis
Madhavi: The business partner of Vikram Singh who was
convicted and spent 4 years in jail for the crime of
supplying defected cylinders
Pooja: The fiance of Rahul who has lost all hopes oh his
return and plans to marry Vishal
Aarushi: The elder daughter of Madhvi who gets to know
about the truth of Vikram Singh
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Scene 1
Madhavi is in jail convicted for supplying defected cylinders in
the Kargil War to Indian Army
Arushi, her daughter goes to meet her in the jail to tell her thatPooja and Vishal are going to get married
Madhavi is extremely hurt to hear the news and wants Arushi to
stop the marriage as Vikram Singh is responsible for the supply
She tells Arushi about the incident which took place 4 years ago
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Scene 2 Flashback
Madhvi calls Vikram Singh to tell her about the defective
cylinders
Vikram assures Madhivi to go ahead and supply them as hewill take the responsibility of everything
The defective cylinders result in death of 21 soldiers and
both of them are convicted
Vikram Singh puts the entire blame on Madhavi and
escapes from the clutches of justice
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Scene 3
Vishal and Pooja share the news of their marriage with Vikram Sigh
Geeta Singh is shocked by their decision as she still hopes that Rahul will
return
Arushi confronts Vikram Singh about the incident
The family gets to know that Rahul has committed suicide after he gets to
know that his father was responsible for supplying defective cylinders
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Q uestions About Morality and Ethics
� Vikram Singh claims that his highest good is his family; that he
committed his crime solely to protect them. Do you believehim?
� If Vishal were to "do the right thing" at the end of the play,
what would it be?
� Why doesn't the community confront Vikram Singh about hisguilt?
� If Pooja hadn't arrived on the scene, would Vikram or Geetaever have come clean to Vishal?
� Will Vishal be able to take over his fathers business, now that
he is dead?
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Take Away from the play
� In life there is an appropriate time to value the needs of society over family, and a time to value the needs of afamily over society.
� Encompassed such themes as± father-son conflict± guilt of father
± conflict between the social and the personal morality
± a mans personal integrity, survival and social responsibility
± a moral crisis
± individual and family pride± pursuit of the dream of success in the form of a traditional
tragedy
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