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Play looks at India's partition through the eyes of an Alzheimer's patient

<p>A play that returns to Mumbai after two years sheds light on the 1947 tragedy through the eyes of an Alzheimer's patient</p>

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Saleem Shah as 90-year-old Ghanzafar Hussain in Pakistan Aur Alzheimer's
Saleem Shah as 90-year-old Ghanzafar Hussain in Pakistan Aur Alzheimer's

Ghazanfar Hussain, a 90-year-old gentleman paces on the stage using a walking stick. An Alzheimer's patient, he shares his hazy memories of the Partition. He recollects how he stayed in India but his relatives migrated to Pakistan in 1947 in search of greener pastures because that's what the 'town' was set up for. In a dialogue speckled with Urdu, he wonders aloud why his brother-in-law isn't returning to India since he is retired, evoking laughter from the audience. These, among other factually incorrect anecdotes, form Pakistan Aur Alzheimer's, a two-hour satire that will be staged this Saturday.

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