Bollywood stars Lisa Ray and Kabir Bedi talk about TAJ

 

“You have company,” the stage manager says, calling up the stairs as if we are visiting Lisa Ray in her home.

Governor General’s Award-winning playwright John Murrell wrote the project and Dora Award-winning theatre and opera director Tom Diamond is directing. The piece, which is produced by Sampradaya Dance Creations and was conceived by artistic director Lata Pada (the first South Asian artist to receive the Order of Canada), tells the drama behind the Taj Mahal, which the 16th century Mughal emperor Shah Jahan built in memory of his third wife.