Mumbai, Aug 4 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his deputy Ajit Pawar on Tuesday condoled the death of eminent theatre personality Ebrahim Alkazi.

Alkazi died in Delhi on Tuesday afternoon following a heart attack.

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He was 94.

The legendary theatre doyen had produced plays such as Girish Karnad's "Tughlaq" and Dharamvir Bharati's "Andha Yug" in his lifetime.

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"The death of Alkazi who changed the Indian theatre and nurtured several bigwigs from theatre and art world is painful. The field of art has suffered a big loss with his demise," the CM tweeted.

Deputy Chief Minister Pawar said Alkazi shared a special rapport with Maharashtra, Marathi language and Pune, where he was born.

"He nurtured many talented artistes while working at the national level. He made a big contribution in enriching the Indian theatre," Pawar said in a statement. PTI ENM NSK NSK 08042143 NNNNange in the 14th after goalkeeper Jessy Moulin saved Mbappé's shot.

It was hard on Saint-Étienne, which hit the post through striker Denis Bouanga early on. Bouanga had a shot well saved by goalie Keylor Navas later in the first half.

But Moulin also had to make a superb one-handed save to keep out Ángel Di María's curling strike.

Macron spoke at length with the players before kickoff. A maximum of 5,000 fans were allowed at Stade de France because of coronavirus restrictions, but only 2,805 actually attended.

PSG, which lost last season's final on penalty kicks, had not played a competitive game since March 11 when it faced Borussia Dortmund in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16.

Saint-Étienne's previous match was three days earlier in the French league, before it was canceled with 10 rounds remaining on April 30.

Despite having an extra player, PSG hardly threatened in the second half other than a couple of speculative shots well saved by Moulin. AP

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