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Jan 23, 2020 · Born in 1928 into a traditional Khoja Muslim family hailing from Gujarat, Akbar Padamsee took a strong liking to art from his childhood. Hailing from a privileged family, Padamsee’s father was an affluent businessman who ran a glassware and furniture business.
t son of Jaffer Ali and Kulsum Padamsee, Sultan or Bobby, as he was fondly called started the Theatre Group. Apart from the indelible influence of British education at Miss Murphy’s boarding school in Bombay, at Shropshire in England, and a couple of years at Oxford, he was influenced larg.
Sep 25, 2021 · I wouldn’t be wrong if I said more than half of my generation of theatre workers in India is influenced by Alkazi saab. There is a reason why Feisal begins the memoir with a fine introduction of his maternal grandmother, Kulsumbai Padamsee.
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Akbar Padamsee had passed away at 7.05pm. He was 91 and had survived cancer and heart ailments. He was in Coimbatore, with Bhanu, his wife of almost four decades, at the Isha Yoga Ashram. For many who knew him well, it must have offered solace to know he slipped away “peacefully”.
Oct 9, 2019 · Every lover of Indian art knows this story: in 1947, in the immediate aftermath of India’s independence from British rule, six firebrands united in Bombay to forge a modern art for the newly free nation. They were the Progressive Artists’ Group (also known as ‘the PAG’).
Nov 20, 2023 · These include Boman Irani, Kabir Bedi, Dalip Tahil, Shyam Benegal, among others. Padamsee was conferred with the Padma Shri in 2000 for contributions. The Advertising Club of Mumbai named him "Advertising Man of the Century". He is the only Indian to be voted into the International Clio Hall of Fame.
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Sep 5, 2024 · Known as the Father of Indian Advertising, Padamsee spent most of his adult life shaping Lintas’ growth trajectory, and simultaneously produced and directed over fifty full-length plays for one of the most active theatre groups in India.
