By Yogita Grover Ace choreographer Shiamak Davar was recently in town to enjoy a break from his busy schedule in B-town. The man who has been credited with the title of being “the guru” of modern and contemporary dance in India sat down with us to share his journey from growing up in Mumbai in… Continue reading Shiamak Davar: The Guru Of Contemporary Bollywood Dance
Category: Film
Sooni Taraporewala draws ire of conservative group
In spite of a frown from the conservatives, Sooni Taraporewala has gone ahead and done something that no other director would dare to do. The director has replicated a Parsi fire temple onscreen even though in real-life non-Parsis are not permitted inside one. Her soon-to-be released film, Little Zizou will show for the first… Continue reading Sooni Taraporewala draws ire of conservative group
Sooni Taraporewala: A Parsi state of mind
Naomi Canton, Hindustan Times Mumbai, March 04, 2009 Her first film Little Zizou will be released on March 13. Fifty-two-year-old writerphotographer Sooni Taraporevala speaks to Naomi Canton about her directorial debut. Why have you written a comedy about two Parsi families with extremely opposite value systems living in contemporary Mumbai? I’m a Parsi who grew… Continue reading Sooni Taraporewala: A Parsi state of mind
The Other Mumbai
An Acclaimed Screenwriter’s Latest Film Takes on Indian Zoroastrianism In the film “Little Zizou,” 10-year-old Liana asks her friend Xerxes if he knows where their people, known as Parsis, come from. She then tells him how the Parsis, also called Zoroastrians, fled to India from Persia 900 years ago. Studio 18 Liana Pressvala (Iyanah… Continue reading The Other Mumbai
All in the family
Celebrating the world she knows best, Sooni Taraporevala brings all our favourite Parsis together Parizaad Khan But the cast member doing the kissing is her fox terrier Toots who, along with various other family members, had been requisitioned to be part of the film. Bawa bonding: (from above) Actors Dilshad Patel and John Abraham; Imaad… Continue reading All in the family
Zidane and Little Zizou: A close miss
French soccer legend Zidedine Zidane might have had a Parsi connection. Had things gone according to plan, the soccer star would have done a cameo in Sooni Taraporewala’s award winning film Little Zizou. Jahan Battivala as Little Zizou and Zidedine Zidane Sooni approached Zizou (as Zidane is popularly known) with a request to hear her… Continue reading Zidane and Little Zizou: A close miss
In conversation with Nargish Rabadi a.k.a Shammi
From Screen India All of eighty years, Shammi Aunty as she is lovingly called, has lost count of the films in which she has acted. Starting off playing heroine in her earlier films, Shammi switched on to comic and later character roles. Even today, her conversation is interspersed by frequent giggles, bringing out the naughty… Continue reading In conversation with Nargish Rabadi a.k.a Shammi
