Anupam Kher & Manoj Bajpayee pay respects to Ebrahim Alkazi, share heartfelt tributes

Bollywood veterans Anupam Kher and Maj Bajpayee have paid ir heartfelt tribute to ir guru Ebrahim Alkazi who passed away at of 94 on Tuesday. Ebrahim Alkazi was credited for revolutionising atre in India and his significant contributions to field and as Kher and Bajpayee have ir acting roots in ater, y took to social media and wrote memoirs for Alkazi. Anupam Kher reminisced everything he learned and Maj Bajpayee shared that re should be more teachers like late spian.

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Ebrahim Alkazi’s career

Early in Alkazi’s career, he got associated with Bombay Progressive Artists’ Group which included M. F. Husain, Tyab Mehta, Akbar Pamsee and more. Later, Alkazi moved to Delhi and became director of National School of Drama (NSD) for almost 15 years. In his stellar career, he was also kwn to have leing important vances in scegraphy. ted as an art conisseur, he founded Art Herit Gallery in Delhi.

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As director of NSD, he revolutionised Indian atre with his magnificent vision and meticulous techniques. He is kwn to have trained prominent directors and artists like Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Vijaya Mehta and many more. He was recipient of several hourable accoles for creating awareness about atre sensibility and aptly mixing modern manifestations with Indian tritions.

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In year 2004, he became first recipient of Roopwed Pratishtan’s Tanvir Award for his lifetime contribution to Indian atre. He has also bagged Pma Shri in 1966 and Pma Bhushan in year 1991. Legendary Indian atre director and drama teacher Ebrahim Alkazi left for heavenly abode on Tuesday, August 4, 2020. atre maestro suffered a heart attack. He was 94 years old. He was also longest-serving director of National School of Drama.

As news of Ebrahim Alkazi's death started spreing on internet, several actors especially those with atre background took to ir social and paid ir tribute to Ebrahim Alkazi. Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui also took to his social media handle and shared a eulogy for late veteran.

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