Zee Theatre celebrates Maharashtra Day with Jaywant Dalvi's Purush

Zee Theatre has distinguished itself as an engaging content platform that keeps with the times while fearlessly commenting on social taboos and stigmas. Its latest teleplay, the Hindi adaptation of the legendary Marathi play 'Purush', is set to make yet another distinct mark on audiences as a Maharashtra Day special on Dish TV and D2H Rangmanch Active. The teleplay is a social commentary on universal issues of gender politics, patriarchy and caste discrimination. Purush features veteran actor Ashutosh Rana as the diabolical politician Gulab Singh and Gulki Joshi as the resilient social activist Ambika Bhagawat.

Gulki Joshi, who returns to theatre after almost two years with Zee Theatre's teleplay Purush, says, "For me, Purush is a very personal story because I identify with Ambika and mirror a lot of the principals she believes in. It is the most intense role I have played in my career, which was really difficult initially but also satisfying in the end. I hope audiences respond to the play with the same passion and hard work that went into making it."

Set in Meerut, UP, in a middle-class Brahmin home, the teleplay creates a layered narrative as the plot explores a number of glaring ideologies that plague men as well as women in an Indian society. In a regressive and unyielding scenario, Ambika not only fights for herself but also stands up for other women who are subjected to injustice or oppression. Her fight against the corrupt and misogynistic Gulab Singh is aided by others like her who never give up and eventually find a way to gain justice.

Zee Theatre's Purush also stars Paromita Chatterjee, Deepak Qazir, Kranti Prakash Jha and Neha Saraf. It is set to premiere on Dish TV (#356) and D2H (#214) Rangmanch Active on May 1, 2020 which is Maharashtra Day.