The demise of Ebrahim Alkazi, the titan of Indian theatre, seems to have occurred, for many, much too soon, even when he was just turning into 95. His contribution to the histrionic arts, have been immense. And, after one counts his oeuvre in paintings, photography, art collection and his lifelong art-curating work, one is left speechless. His disciplined approach, meticulous attention to details, synoptic view of the arts and concomitant aesthetics has been the stuff legends are made of.
Utpalda has been a very good friend of mine for decades. A very nice overview of the legendary Alkazi Saab. Unfortunately, it’s replete with numerous factual inaccuracies. Just to point out a few of them - Sushant Singh Rajput, born in the mid-eighties, could hardly have been a student at Living Theatre, which had wound up by mid-nineties. Then again he got confused between the theatre director Usha Ganguli and Rita Ganguly Kothari from Delhi.
ReplyDeleteSorry, this is Gautam Bhattacharya from Delhi
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