Ebrahim
Alkazi,
the
longest
serving
director
of
the
National
School
of
Drama,
who
mentored
acting
greats
like
Naseeruddin
Shah
and
Om
Puri,
passed
away
in
the
afternoon,
on
August
4,
2020.
Alkazi
was
93.
Many
actors
and
celebrities
took
to
their
social
media
profiles
to
mourn
the
great
loss
to
art
and
theatre.
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui,
Randeep
Hooda,
Mohammed
Zeeshan
Ayyub,
Sudhir
Mishra,
Madhur
Bhandarkar
were
among
them.
Calling
Alkazi
a
magician,
Nawazuddin
tweeted,
"The
true
architect
of
the
Modern
Indian
Theatre.
The
Doyen
who
possessed
the
extreme
knowledge
in
all
the
aspects
of
ART.
The
magician
who
nurtured
many
greats
of
theatre.
May
your
brightest
spark
from
the
heaven
keeps
us
enlightening
#EbrahimAlkazi
#RIP."
Randeep
Hooda
too
referred
to
Alkazi
as
the
Guru
of
the
Gurus
in
his
tweet,
as
he
wrote,
"The
Guru
of
Gurus
so
many
have
learnt
from
and
tried
to
emulate
..
Ebrahim
Alkazi
-
the
real
father
of
Modern
Indian
Theatre
..
may
the
light
you
shone
keep
shining
through
countless
others
as
it
shines
through
now
..
Rest
in
Peace
Sir
condolences
to
the
family."
Madhur
Bhandarkar
wrote,
"Sad
to
hear
demise
of
#EbrahimAlkazi
sir
,
A
legendary
theatre
personality
will
be
remembered
for
his
contribution
towards
revolutionising
theatre
in
India
and
was
instrumental
in
shaping
the
career
of
generations
of
actors.
#OmShanti
Folded
hands
#EbrahimAlkazi."
Zeeshan
Ayyub
wrote,
"Just
got
the
sad
news...#EbrahimAlkazi
sahab
passed
away...end
of
an
era
for
sure...one
of
the
pillars
of
modern
Indian
theatre....RIP
sir."
Sudhir
Mishra
tweeted,
"One
can
write
a
volumes
about
him
.
A
theatre
Director
,
a
teacher
,
a
art
curator
.
A
great
great
man
.
Unfortunately
we
like
mediocrity!
Ebrahim
Alkazi,
credited
for
revolutionising
theatre
in
India,
passes
away
at
95."
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
tweeted,
"His
contributions
to
the
world
of
art
and
culture
are
noteworthy
...
Shri
Ebrahim
Alkazi
will
be
remembered
for
his
efforts
to
make
theatre
more
popular
and
accessible
across
India,"
His
son
Feisal
Alkazi
told
PTI,
"Dad
died
this
evening
at
2.45
pm
after
a
massive
heart
attack.
He
was
admitted
to
the
Escorts
hospital
the
day
before
yesterday."