New Delhi, Jan 24, 2007
Abrar Alvi
NRI
filmmaker Rahul Dholakia's movie based a family during the 2002
post-Godhra riots in Gujarat, was premiered today in the national
capital of India, our sources said.
This is a fifth anniversary of Gujarat riots, is
set for release on Republic Day, 2007.
"Heaven and Hell on Earth", 'Parzania
movie is a true story of a Parsi family whose son went missing
in the Gujarat riots.
NRI director of the film Rahul Dholakia said, "The
film has rekindled the hope of reunion for Rupa Mody, on whose
experience the movie is based."
Naseeruddin Shah and Sarika play the Parsi couple
in the film.
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"Its very good that Gujarat is vibrant today.
Water flowing, roads are big. You can't give somebody a lollypop
and say forget the wound I gave you. The wounds that have been
given to people have been given, and they are still suffering,"
Dholakia added.
NRI Rahul Dholakia's movie
'Parzania' on Godhra riots in Gujarat to release soon
Mumbai, May 01, 2006
Abrar Alvi
NRI Rahul Dholakia's movie 'Parzania' based on Godhra riots
in Gujarat and starring Nasseruddin Shah and Sarika, will soon
hit Indian theaters. The Censor Board had passed it though but
the producer wasn't getting a distributor to release it because
of the controversy. Now, the movie is set for early release following
the changed circumstances, the reliable sources say. The movie
was premiered at the Goa International Film Festival , its release
was held up following a controversy that the movie is against
the majority community.
Parzania is the breathtaking untold story of an event
that changed the country and the world forever.
Cynical. Intelligent. Hilarious. Drunk. An American man by the
name of Allan Webbings arrives in Ahmedabad city. For the longest
time, Allan has been searching for answers, praying to find both
internal peace and understanding of the horrors that religious
differences can create. Allan has chosen India as his playground,
and Gandhi as his subject. It's here that he meets Cyrus, the
local projectionist who brings the young and troubled intellectual
into his beautiful family. Cyrus is a Parsi, a follower of a rarely
practiced religion that is both small in numbers and neutral to
religious politics. He has a beautiful wife named Shernaz, a practical
woman who after eleven years still can't resist his charisma and
charm; two children- Parzan an imaginative ten year old that has
developed his own world, the world of Parzania, where the buildings
are made of chocolate and the mountains of ice cream. Parzan,
in his mind, has created the perfect world, a world that only
his eight year old little sister Dilshad truly understands.
Through Cyrus's family, Allan finds his peace, right before the
rest of the country loses its sanity. One morning, the beauty
and peace that India is so famous for, is rocked beyond measure,
as a bomb explodes in a train killing Hindus.
Within 24 hours, thousands of Muslims are slaughtered, making
that day one of the largest acts of communal violence the country
has ever seen. And in the midst of the terror and violence, Parzan
comes up missing.
While Cyrus fights for his own sanity and searches for his child,
Alan battles to uncover the truth behind the riots. Parzania is
inspired by a true story.
Music
Zakir Hussain
Assisted by
Taufique Qureshi
Produced By
K.B.Sareen
Kamal Patel
Rahul Dholakia
Directed By
Rahul Dholakia
Starring
Nasseruddin Shah and Sarika
