New Delhi, Aug 4 (UNI) Theatre legend Ebrahim Alkazi passed away here on Tuesday afternoon, family sources said.
He was 94.
Indian theatre doyen, director and legendary drama teacher, died after suffering a heart attack at the Escorts hospital, the sources said.
Alkazi served as the director of National School of Drama (NSD) from 1962 to 1977.
In a tweet, the NSD said, 'NSD Family deeply mourn passing away of Theatre Legend, Padma Vibhushan Shri #EbrahimAlkazi, Ex Director of NSD from 1962-77. This is a great loss to the country and specially to the Theatre World.'
Alkazi, who revolutionised theatre in India, was one of the most prominent theatre artistes in Mumbai during the 1940s and 1950s.
At the age of 37, Alkazi moved to Delhi and served as the director of National School of Drama (NSD)from 1962 to 1977.
As director of National School of Drama, he shaped the course of modern Indian theatre, establishing links between traditional vocabulary and modern idiom.
Alkazi did powerful renditions of Greek tragedies, Shakespeare, Henrik Ibsen, Chekov and August Strindberg.
later, Alkazi quit the NSD and theatre and set up the gallery Art Heritage with his wife in New Delhi, and built his collection of art, photographs and books.
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