User:Ishhaaann/sandbox



The Luckiest Boy Alive is a play, written by Dilsher Dhillon based on the aftermath of a school shooting that takes place in Army Public School, Pakistan. The play deals with the Protagonist, "Afzal"'s life after the shooting takes place, killing all his friends, among the 149 students and staff that died that day.Afzal, a boy coming from a very ordinary family, with struggling parents is suddenly taken aback by the world, as he suddenly becomes "the luckiest boy alive". Everyone wants to use him for their personal gains, and the play proceeds to show Afzal's life after everyone dear to him was taken away from him that morning, when he didn't go to school- because his alarm clock didn't go off.

The play was originally directed by Vikramjeet Sinha, who took it from a small rehearsal space in Mumbai to Prithvi Theatre in the matter of only 2 months. Having been originally produced on his own, it was then produced by Alchemy.

The play holds a very deep place in many people's hearts and aims to bring a different perspective to problems suffered by the world.