Film Articles

A young Indian has made a dazzling debut in the international music market, whizzing to the top ten of Britain’s popular TV Airplay Music Chart even before his album is officially launched....

Actor Boman Irani, who played a disgruntled dean in the medical satire “Munnabhai M.B.B.S.” to perfection, says he is the “luckiest guy” on the planet as Bollywood is...

It’s often the quirks of a community that become its identity and set it apart from the rest. But with India becoming so globalised, are we still that ethno-centric? Yes, says Homi Adjania,...

Boman Irani is known for his remarkable roles. This talented actor will be seen in a lead role in writer-turned-director Sooni Taraporevala’s film Little Zizou. This film also stars Shernaaz...

New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Parliamentarians and members from the media would soon get to view Rahul Dholakia’s controversial film ‘Parzania’ depicting the plight of a Parsi family...

Tears well up in her eyes as she remembers the ill-fated day in 2002 when her 13-year-old son went missing during the Gujarat riots. Even after five years, Rupa Dara Mody carries his photograph in...

After making the rounds of film festivals abroad, Rahul Dhalokia’s film “Parzania” on the 2002 sectarian violence in Gujarat is yet to find a distributor in the country. The movie...

Aashish will now assume the mantle of another community known for its humour and pleasant nature- the Parsis! Our sources tell us that Aashish will play an amiable Parsi in Inder Kumar’s new...

Kaevan Umrigar, is a recent graduate from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. The Zoroastrian Youth Association of Poona is screening FIVE PARSI FILMS, five short films on contemporary...

Bawas and Bollywood A quick quiz question: Which dialogue is probably Bollywood’s most memorable line after Shashi Kapoor’s ‘Mere paas maa hai’ from Deewar and Amjad...

The only serial based on Zoroastrian religion and culture, completed 100 episodes recently Funded only by donations, Humata Hukhta Hvarashta — the only serial on air based on Zoroastrian religion —...

As the Parsi couple in their jalopy who often gave a lift to the troubled heroine, Dinesh Hingoo and Piloo Wadia immortalized the quintessential Parsi eccentricity on-screen. Piloo in her...

The only thing that people are talking about Dev Anand’s latest release Mr. Prime Minister is his onscreen smooch with an NRI actress in the film. And while Dev Anand is known for the...

These are the choice of men to play women’s parts, and the use of European or ‘white’ actresses posing as Indian. Both these masquerades can be located in prior theatrical...

He is 34 and says that originality is his forte. Homi Adajania’s debut feature film, Being Cyrus (English), hits theatres soon. “The story was rejected by publishers but I thought of...

Hindu – Chennai,India … We get fascinating accounts of the upper middleclass Parsi life in the country and, excellent pen portraits of some of the author’s favourite persons,...

Hindu Business Line – India … reputation and all relatives and friends were told to take care of me!” Almost half his salary went towards the PG accommodation he had with a Parsi...

Screen India – India … Focussing on a Parsi family trapped in strife-torn Gujarat where their 10-year-old-son comes up missing, the film stars Naseeruddin Shah, Sarika and Emmy award...

Indian Express – New Delhi,India A film on a Parsi boy who went missing during the Gujarat riots won much acclaim at IFFI Goa. His family hopes it will help trace him. …

Isabelle Huppert, Ismail Merchant’s films screened in Retro Webindia123 – India … The Naseeruddin Shah-Sarika starrer ”Parzania” about the travails of a Parsi family on...

Come November 25 and Sony’s Batliwala’s House No 43 has a new family moving into the famous address. A set of orthodox but flashy Gujaratis, the Kudkudiyas are all set to tickle your funny bone....