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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 Sing

By Madhu Kapparath
Apr 02, 2016, 07:01 IST4 min
Alkazi plays Oedipus in Oedipus Rex, which he also directed for the Theatre Unit in 1955
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Alkazi plays Oedipus in Oedipus Rex, which he also directed for the Theatre Unit in 1955
Image by Alkazi Collection of Photography
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Alaknanda Samarth as Miss Julie in August Strindberg&rsquos play Miss Julie, directed by Alkazi for the Theatre Unit in Bombay in 1960
Image by Mitter Bedi
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Alkazi as Jean in August Strindberg&rsquos play Miss Julie, directed by Alkazi for the Theatre Unit in Bombay in 1960
Image by Mitter Bedi
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The director during a rehearsal at Purana Qila, Delhi, in 1974
Image by Alkazi Collection of Photography
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Surekha Sikri and Manohar Singh perform in Look Back in Anger in 1976
Image by Alkazi Collection of Photography
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Alkazi at a hill station near Bombay in 1947
Image by Alkazi Collection of Photography
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With wife Roshen Alkazi in the UK in 1949
Image by Alkazi Collection of Photography
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A still from the play Tughlaq which he brought to life in the 1970s
Image by Alkazi Collection of Photography
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Rohini Hattangadi and Naseeruddin Shah in Sultan Razia at NSD in 1974
Image by Alkazi Collection of Photography
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The director in 2007
Image by Alkazi Collection of Photography

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