FILM DIRECTOR

Ebrahim Alkazi

1925 - 2020

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Ebrahim Alkazi (18 October 1925 – 4 August 2020) was a Saudi Indian theatre director and drama teacher. A rigid disciplinarian, he instilled in his acting students an awe and reverence that they still carry with them, with several of them having had the privilege of continuing the practice and training in the NSD Repertory Company, an introduction made to the National School of Drama by Alkazi. His standards later became very influential. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ebrahim Alkazi has received more than 396,705 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ebrahim Alkazi is the 1,734th most popular film director (down from 1,658th in 2019), the 1,021st most popular biography from India (down from 911th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Indian Film Director.

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  • 47.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ebrahim Alkazi ranks 1,734 out of 2,041. Before him are Simon Curtis, Julien Temple, Miguel Sapochnik, Diao Yinan, Kornél Mundruczó, and Gurinder Chadha. After him are Dean Devlin, Harmony Korine, Mehboob Khan, Lucien Hubbard, Khadija al-Salami, and Laurence Rees.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Ebrahim Alkazi ranks 525. Before him are Bill Eckersley, Frank Kameny, Nat Hentoff, Philip Carey, Alexei Guryshev, and Albert Paulsen. After him are Jerry Paris, Keshav Dutt, Johnny Horton, Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, Peter Hirsch, and Nina Bawden. Among people deceased in 2020, Ebrahim Alkazi ranks 780. Before him are Tarun Gogoi, Doris de Agostini, Madam Auring, Marj Dusay, Billy Evans, and Azimzhan Askarov. After him are Jane Dee Hull, Julie Felix, Nicholas Parsons, Road Warrior Animal, Terrence McNally, and Polad Hashimov.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ebrahim Alkazi ranks 1,021 out of 1,861. Before him are Ruby Myers (1907), Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927), Yash Johar (1929), G. N. Ramachandran (1922), Durga Khote (1905), and Kavita Krishnamurthy (1958). After him are Monisha Kaltenborn (1971), Charles Correa (1930), Kishori Amonkar (1932), Rajpal Yadav (1971), Mehboob Khan (1907), and Vishnuvardhan (1950).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Ebrahim Alkazi ranks 30. Before him are Sanjay Leela Bhansali (1963), Tariq Anwar (1945), Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1922), B. R. Chopra (1914), K. Balachander (1930), and David Dhawan (1955). After him are Mehboob Khan (1907), Aditya Chopra (1971), Farah Khan (1965), Rajkumar Hirani (1962), Basu Chatterjee (1930), and Aishwarya R. Dhanush (1982).

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