Final solutions and other plays

by Mahesh Dattani

Genres: Drama, Plays

404 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Mahesh Dattani is an Indian director, actor, playwright and writer. He wrote such plays as Final Solutions, Dance Like a Man, Bravely Fought the Queen, On a Muggy Night in Mumbai, Tara,Thirty Days in September and'The murder that never was', starring Dheiraj Kapoor. He is the first playwright in English to be awarded the Sahitya Akademi award. His plays have been directed by eminent directors like Arvind Gaur, Alyque Padamsee and Lillete Dubey. Dattani is also a film director. His debut film is Mango Souffle, adapted from one of his plays. He also wrote and directed the movie Morning Raaga.

Reviews

[aadi ☀️ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyone has at least one theatre experience that was 'transformative' to them, in a sense. Maybe it's the okay that introduced you to theatre, or one that you were a part of, or one that just "clicked with you" somehow. An adaptation of Final Solutions by Mahesh Dattani was like that for me, back in 2023 in my first year of university. Two years later, after remembering about the play and reading it in text, I can say it still holds up as one of the finest plays I have read or watched. Some of it is probably nostalgia (this was my introduction to theatre, after all); but I am sure it's not entirely unfounded considering how Dattani is, after all, one of India's finest english language playwrights; and Final Solutions is, after all, a required reading in so many curriculums. I wish I could experience the adaptation in person, sitting in Blackbox Theatre all as an 18 year old all over again.

[Deepti · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think Final Solutions is Dattani's most poignant work, unfortunately also the most underplayed.

[Komal S K · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read just the Final Solutions play.