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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 peoplethrough the turbulence of Partition and the heady idealism following independence, and the tragedy of kameshwars 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. Back in India, she was surprised to find Bollywood at her door when she was well past eighty. Playing the unconventional grandmotherby turns charming and crustyshe became a household name.
. In this biography of the unlikely star, Ritu Menon helps us understand both the performer and the person, and the times she lived in.
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17 July 2021

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