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Zohra! A Biography In Four Acts
Author: Ritu Menon
Brand: Speaking Tiger Publishing Pvt. Ltd
ISBN: 9789354470790-
₹599
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zohra Segal (1912-2014) spanned an Indian century of the arts and became the only woman to make a mark in all the performing arts, with the exception of music, within the country and abroad. This elegant biography traces her remarkable journey.
born into a family with connection to the nawabs of Rampur, zohra mumtazullah Khan chose adventure over tradition when she was eighteen, travelling to Germany to learn modern dance. For the rest of her life, she continued to defy Convention and was associated with transformative initiatives in the arts. In 1935, she was recruited by the bohemian genius Uday Shankar and toured the world with his dance troupe, until he disbanded it. In 1943, she set up a unique dance school in Lahore with her husband kameshwar Segal, eight years her Junior. In Bombay two years later, she joined Prithvi theatres, founded by the legendary Prithviraj Kapoor. For the next fourteen years she travelled across India, taking socially relevant plays directly to the people through the turbulence of Partition and the heady idealism following independence, and the tragedy of kameshwar s suicide.
In 1962, zohra went to London on a drama scholarship and stayed on for twenty-five years, becoming part of a tiny band of Asian artistes who would change the complexion of British theatre. From here to her participation in pioneering TV series and films like doctor Who, jewel in the crown and Bhai on the beach was a natural progression.
born into a family with connection to the nawabs of Rampur, zohra mumtazullah Khan chose adventure over tradition when she was eighteen, travelling to Germany to learn modern dance. For the rest of her life, she continued to defy Convention and was associated with transformative initiatives in the arts. In 1935, she was recruited by the bohemian genius Uday Shankar and toured the world with his dance troupe, until he disbanded it. In 1943, she set up a unique dance school in Lahore with her husband kameshwar Segal, eight years her Junior. In Bombay two years later, she joined Prithvi theatres, founded by the legendary Prithviraj Kapoor. For the next fourteen years she travelled across India, taking socially relevant plays directly to the people through the turbulence of Partition and the heady idealism following independence, and the tragedy of kameshwar s suicide.
In 1962, zohra went to London on a drama scholarship and stayed on for twenty-five years, becoming part of a tiny band of Asian artistes who would change the complexion of British theatre. From here to her participation in pioneering TV series and films like doctor Who, jewel in the crown and Bhai on the beach was a natural progression.
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