Feroz Abbas Khan

Feroz Abbas Khan Biography

Feroz Abbas Khan is a prominent theatre director and playwright. He has also directed a few movies and written screenplays for Hindi cinema. He is the director of noted plays - Saalgirah, Tumhari Amrita, Salesman Ramlal and Gandhi Viruddh Gandhi. He was the first artistic director of the famous Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai. In 2007, he made his film debut with Gandhi, My Father which was praised by film critics and won numerous awards at National awards and Filmfare too. He is one among those great artists of Indian theater who played a significant role in bringing Hindi theatre, mainstream recognition. He has also worked with all time great theatre artists like Shabana Azmi, Kirron Kher, Anupam Kher and Farooq Sheikh. His real name is Feroz Khan. He added ‘Abbas’ as mid name to avoid confusion with Bollywood actor-director, Feroze Khan.

Noted theatre works of Feroz include - Dinner With Friends, Kuch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai, Saalgirah, All the Best, Tumhari Amrita, Mahatma vs Gandhi and Eva Mumbai Ma Chaal Jaiye. His film debut - Gandhi, My Father (2007) was based on his own previous play, Mahatma vs Gandhi that brought in front of audience, another face of Father of Nation and observed his personal aspects of life. The movie received special Jury award at National awards. Feroz Abbas Khan was also awarded with best screenplay awards at National award section. He also won best screenplay award at Asia Pacific screen awards the same year.

He was the first artistic director of the prestigious Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai. He was also instrumental in introducing the concept of International Theatre Festivals in India. ‘The Royal Hunt of The Sun’ (1990) – Epic play, his first production and contemporary Indian adaptation of ‘‘Death of a Salesman’ are considered landmark plays of Indian theatre. He headed Pritvi Theatre festival in 1983 aside Jennifer Kapoor and Akash Khurana.

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Updated: January 22, 2014