Vol. 11, Issue 12, Part C (2025)

Abstract
Final Solutions is among the best plays of Mahesh Dattani. The central theme of Final Solution is to highlight communal hatred caused by lack of understanding. It addresses an issue of utmost concern to our society i.e. the issue of communalism. However, the play comprises hatred, aggressiveness and nothingness within the larger socio-political context. The present study aims at the study of the social issues particularly the problem of communal divide and communal riot in the Indian society through the play Final Solutions. Mahesh Dattani is a unique contemporary “playwright of world stature” who needs no introduction. He is one of India’s finest dramatists, who engineers contemporary issues in his plays to the fullest extent. There is a quest for communal harmony in his plays. Communal hatred and religious animosity continue to haunt the contemporary urban India. The delicate fabric of communal harmony is often disturbed for various selfish and polito-cultural reasons. The communal virus has always played a mischievous role in this pluralistic society. Theatre has often been one of the most powerful media of sensitization, creating awareness and social communication in India. Communal violence and conflicts arising out of caste disputes, religious revulsions, and gender prejudices have found a unique significance and representation in post-Independent Indian theatre. This paper attempts to capture the playwright’s fine depiction of a socio-culturally sensitive issue like communalism in the play while simultaneously confronting the stereotypical insensitivities that exist in general.