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
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Alkazi plays Oedipus in Oedipus Rex, which he also directed for the Theatre Unit in 1955
Alaknanda Samarth as Miss Julie in August Strindberg’s play Miss Julie, directed by Alkazi for the Theatre Unit in Bombay in 1960
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