Actors Paresh Rawal and Swaroop Sampat’s son Aditya Rawal will direct a play titled The Queen.  The play set in 16th century India, at the peak of the Mughal era, talks about the story of Durga, who is consigned to the west wing of the palace after her husband, a Rajput king, marries a younger woman. The play draws inspiration from Macbeth, Medea and the works of Rabindranath Tagore. The play will be staged at New York and later mounted at the Dramellentia Theatre Company in India in their 2016-17 season.

The Queen represents Aditya’s first New York production as part of M.F.A.: Dramatic Writing Program, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. He also studied theatre at the London International School of Performing Arts.