Ebrahim Alkazi

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The name Ebrahim Alkazi (1925–2020) is often regarded as a synonym of contemporary Indian theatre. His greatest vision was to make the National School of Drama truly ‘national’ by not only assimilating students from across India, but also providing a platform for regional and folk arts. Here, we…
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  This series of interviews was conducted while researching for the book, The Scenes We Made: An Oral History of Experimental Theatre in Bombay, ed. Shanta Gokhale (Mumbai: Speaking Tiger Books, 2015).   From fledgling efforts to present European classics in Marathi in the 1940s to the heady days…
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  This series of interviews was conducted while researching for the book, The Scenes We Made: An Oral History of Experimental Theatre in Bombay, ed. Shanta Gokhale (Mumbai: Speaking Tiger Books, 2015).   Beginning with the Padamsees in 1944–45, Cedric Santos was an integral part of the production…
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  This series of interviews was conducted while researching for the book, The Scenes We Made: An Oral History of Experimental Theatre in Bombay, ed. Shanta Gokhale (Mumbai: Speaking Tiger Books, 2015).   Siraj-Ayesha Sayani or Pooh Sayani currently produces the Sultan Padamsee Awards for…
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  This series of interviews was conducted while researching for the book, The Scenes We Made: An Oral History of Experimental Theatre in Bombay, ed. Shanta Gokhale (Mumbai: Speaking Tiger Books, 2015).   An interview with the veteran actor, Gerson da Cunha, on his days at the Bhulabhai Desai…
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This series of interviews was conducted while researching for the book, The Scenes we Made: An Oral History of Experimental Theatre in Bombay, ed. Shanta Gokhale (Mumbai: Speaking Tiger Books, 2015).          
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Suchetana Banerjee: Today we have writer, translator, theatre critic, film critic Samik Bandopadhyay with us to discuss Utpal Dutt and his theatre. Thank you, Samik da. To start with, Utpal Dutt is a phenomenon in Bangla theatre. We can’t term him just as an actor or as a dramaturg or as a…
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Kirti Jain talks about her journey from being a student at the National School of Drama (NSD) to heading the institute as its Director for seven years from 1988–95, where she introduced the Theatre in Education (TIE) programme. She also discusses the work process of several contemporary Indian…
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This series of interviews was conducted while researching for the book, The Scenes We Made: An Oral History of Experimental Theatre in Bombay, ed. Shanta Gokhale (Mumbai: Speaking Tiger Books, 2015).
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