Category: Film

When Simran Jehani first came to USC, people asked her a question she was all too familiar with — “what are you?”  Telling them she was Zoroastrian caused some confusion — so Jehani, a senior majoring in communication, realized she needed to do something to increase representation of her religious background in popular media. Article… Continue reading Simran Jehani’s film portrays Zoroastrianism

Siddharth Roy Kapur’s next brings back Sooni Taraporevala as director with a true-life story. A decade after making her directorial debut with the National Award-winning family drama Little Zizou, internationally acclaimed screenwriter Sooni Taraporevala is returning to direction with Ballet Boys. It recounts the inspiring true-life journey of two Mumbai boys, Amiruddin Shah and Manish… Continue reading Sooni Taraporevala to direct Siddharth Roy Kapur’s upcoming production Ballet Boys

Kurdistan, “The Other Iraq”, has been held up as a shining example of peace in the Middle East since US sanctioned protections were put in place in 1992, but how has this experimental democracy really affected women? 21 DAYS TO NAWROZ is a documentary feature explores the lives of three very different Kurdish women as… Continue reading 21 Days to Nawroz By Michelle Mama

Our dear friend and brilliant young Zoroastrian filmmaker Tanya Hoshi’s latest project, “Turning Tables“, will be having its World Premiere in Toronto at the Hot Docs International Documentary Festival. The film is about Classic Roots, a Powwow techno pioneer who integrates the sounds of his Anishinaabe heritage with electronic and house music. The film is… Continue reading Turning Tables World Premiere – Press Release

Fali Mistry was known for the imaginative imagery he created out of a dramatic interplay between light and shade. Even the hard to please Baburao Patel, in his Filmindia review of the Nargis-Dilip Kumar-Munawar Sultana starrer Babul (1950), had to concede, “Babul is a rich and pleasant picture with maddeningly beautiful photography. Fali Mistry, the… Continue reading Fali Mistry, the Cinematographer Who Taught Bollywood the Importance of Cameramen

“On one fine morning, Manjula madam called me and narrated the story. She asked me if I was interested in working for a role which is now played by Tridha. She somehow thought that I would fit in the role Nithya. That’s how it went on,” said Amyra. Amyra Dastur, who has acted in Bollywood… Continue reading Amyra dastur’s Telugu Film debut

We have all been inside Jehangir Bulsara’s apartment in Parsi Colony in Mumbai’s Dadar neighbourhood. We have walked over its Italian tiles, enjoyed a meal in the spacious living room, stared out from its balcony and bounded down the wrought iron external staircase. Article by Aakash Karkare, thereel.scroll.in The apartment at Sohrab House, a three-storeyed… Continue reading Mumbai’s iconic Parsi Colony is being memorialised by Bollywood even as it’s being transformed

Our dear friend Sooni Taraporevala informs us of Yeh Ballet, a lovely virtual reality short film she recently completed. Sooni writes… Yeh ballet kya cheez hai? What is this thing called ballet Amir asks in the beginning of the film. Manish who had saved and gifted himself modern dance classes around the same time, also… Continue reading Yeh Ballet