Theatre director Ebrahim Alkazi passed away at 94

Recently, Ebrahim Alkazi, a famous theatre director who revolutionised Indian theatre and was the longest-serving director of the National School of Drama, passed away at the age of 94.

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Ebrahim Alkazi (1925 – 2020) was an Indian theatre director and drama teacher. He is remembered as the father of Indian theatre.

He served as the Director of National School of Drama, New Delhi (1962–1977). He was the first person to bring regional language plays to NSD.

He has directed over 50 plays, including Girish Karnad’s Tughlaq and Dharamvir Bharati’s Andha Yug.

He was the first recipient of Roopwedh Pratishtan’s the Tanvir Award (2004) for lifetime contribution to the theatre.

He received the Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan (1991), and Padma Vibhushan in 2010.

He received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Direction in 1962, and later the Akademi’s highest award the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for lifetime contribution to theatre.