Ebrahim Alkazi's demise: Nawazuddin Siddiqui pays tribute to 'Architect of Indian theatre'

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. Here is what Nawazuddin Siddiqui h to say about it.

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Nawazuddin Siddiqui pays tribute to Ebrahim Alkazi

Nawazuddin Siddiqui took to his official twitter account and paid his condolences to Ebrahim Alkazi. Nawazuddin Siddiqui is an alumnus of National School of Drama. In his eulogy for Ebrahim Alkazi, Nawazuddin referred to him as true architect of Modern Indian atre. He said that Doyen possessed extreme kwledge in all aspects of art.

He also said that magician h nurtured several greats of atre. Nawazuddin Siddiqui concluded his eulogy by saying, “May your brightest spark from heaven keeps us enlightening”. Here is a look at Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s Twitter.

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National School of Drama mourns death of Ebrahim Alkazi

National School of Drama family also mourned death of Ebrahim Alkazi. National School of Drama in its tweet said that NSD Family deeply mourn passing away of atre Legend, Pma Vibhushan Shri #EbrahimAlkazi, Ex-Director of NSD from 1962-77. This is a great loss to country and especially to atre World.”

Bollywood actor Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub also paid his tribute to Ebrahim Alkazi. In his tweet, Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub said, Just got s news...#EbrahimAlkazi sahab passed away...end of an era for sure...one of pillars of modern Indian atre....RIP sir 🙏🙏🙏”

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About Ebrahim Alkazi

Ebrahim Alkazi served as director of National School of Drama from 1962 to 1977 making him longest-serving director of NSD. He h also produced several plays like Girish Karn’s Tughlaq and Dharamvir Bharati’s Andha Yug. He h mentored several great actors like Naseeruddin Shah and Om Puri. His son Feisal Alkazi told PTI, “D died this evening at 2:45 pm after a massive heart attack. He was mitted to Escorts hospital day before yesterday."

Promo Im Credits: National School of Drama Twitter and Nawazudddin Siddiqui Instagram