The theatre of Ebrahim Alkazi

The 90-year-old stalwart pioneered a revolution in theatre and influenced some of the finest actors in the country, such as Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Rohini Hattangadi, Surekha Sikri and Manohar Singh

By: Madhu Kapparath

Published:
02/04/2016 12:00 AM

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Alkazi plays Oedipus in Oedipus Rex, which he also directed for the Theatre Unit in 1955

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Alaknanda Samarth as Miss Julie in August Strindberg’s play Miss Julie, directed by Alkazi for the Theatre Unit in Bombay in 1960

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Alkazi as Jean in August Strindberg’s play Miss Julie, directed by Alkazi for the Theatre Unit in Bombay in 1960

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The director during a rehearsal at Purana Qila, Delhi, in 1974

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Surekha Sikri and Manohar Singh perform in Look Back in Anger in 1976

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Alkazi at a hill station near Bombay in 1947

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With wife Roshen Alkazi in the UK in 1949

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A still from the play Tughlaq which he brought to life in the 1970s

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Rohini Hattangadi and Naseeruddin Shah in Sultan Razia at NSD in 1974

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The director in 2007

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