Agha Hashar Kashmiri

Who is Agha Hashar Kashmiri?

Agha Hashar Kashmiri was an eminent Urdu poet, playwright and dramatist who was called the "Shakespeare of Urdu"; a number of his plays were actually Indian Shakespearean adaptions. His most remarkable plays are Sita Banbas, based on the Ramayana; Bilwa Mangal, a social play on the life of a poet with a passion for whores; Aankh ka Nasha which deals with themes of treachery and the evils of prostitution; and Rustom O Sohrab, a Persian tragedy. Several of his notable Shakespearan inspired plays are Safed Khoon, based on King Lear and Khwab-e-Hasti described as "a mutilated version of Macbeth".