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    Ebrahim Alkazi, doyen of contemporary theater in India and one of the country’s leading postindependence theater directors. He directed more than 50 plays, the most notable of which was perhaps Tughlaq. Learn more about Alkazi’s life and career, including his notable awards.

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    Discover the inspiring journey of Ebrahim Alkazi, from a young student in Bombay during the Quit India Movement to becoming the father of modern Indian theatre. Learn how his revolutionary ideas and teachings at the National School of Drama transformed the theatrical landscape of India.


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    As the director of National School of Drama (–77), Alkazi devised the vision, system and pedagogy of theatre in India. He revitalised not only NSD, but revolutionalised/channelised the destiny of Indian theatre. He was one of the nation builders instrumental in the cultural and emotional integration of the country.

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  • Ebrahim Alkazi, the titan of Indian theatre, is remembered for revolutionizing drama and mentoring actors. His biography, 'Holding Time Captive', written by Amal Allana, showcases his life and.


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    Amal Allana’s biographical novel Ebrahim Alkazi: Holding Time Captive traces the quintessential identity of the father of modern Indian theatre.


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    Often hailed as the “father of modern Indian theatre”, Alkazi’s contributions are immeasurable. With her biography, titled Ebrahim Alkazi: Holding Time Captive, his daughter and author Amal Allana celebrates a life dedicated to the pursuit of artistic excellence and the relentless quest for cultural enrichment.


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    1. Ebrahim Alkazi (18 October 1925 – 4 August 2020) [1] [2] was a Saudi Indian theatre director and drama teacher.A rigid disciplinarian, he instilled in his acting students an awe and reverence that they still carry with them, with several of them having had the privilege of continuing the practice and training in the NSD Repertory Company, an introduction made to the National School of Drama.
    2. Ebrahim Alkazi (born Octo, near Pune, Maharashtra, British India [now in India]—died August 4, 2020, New Delhi, India) was the doyen of contemporary theatre in India and one of the country’s leading post-independence theatre directors. Alkazi’s father was a Bedouin trader from Saudi Arabia and his mother a Kuwaiti. The young.
    3. Alkazi, who passed away in 2020 at the age of 94, did not wish to be written about, so there is limited research into his life and art. The new biography, Ebrahim Alkazi: Holding Time Captive, provides a much-needed portrait of an artist’s professional and emotional graph.
    4. Born in Pune, Alkazi was the son of a wealthy businessman with roots in Unaizah (present-day Saudi Arabia) and a Kuwaiti mother. Ebrahim Alkazi, the titan of Indian theatre, is remembered for revolutionizing drama and mentoring actors. His biography, 'Holding Time Captive', written by Amal Allana, showcases his life and.
    5. Paperback / Hardback. A pioneering figure of Modernism in the arts in post-Independence India, Ebrahim Alkazi is known to have shaped the cultural and institutional fabric of theatre, visual arts and art patronage. Born in Pune to a wealthy Arab family, he studied at St. Vincent’s High School, Pune and later migrated to Bombay (now Mumbai) to attend St. Xavier’s.
    6. The new biography, Ebrahim Alkazi: Holding Time Captive, provides a much-needed portrait of an artist's professional and emotional graph. An excerpt from ‘Ebrahim Alkazi: Holding Time Captive’, by Amal Allana.