i was expecting a comedy about parsis in mumbai. i don't know why? but somehow the way parsis have been depicted previously in the bollywood or for that matter even in 'pestonji', didn't many of us expect the stereotypes (especially with a title like 'being cyrus'? the movie is about a young parsi guy trying to be an apprentice with an eccentric artist in panchgani - and getting involved in the artist's family affair which spreads to mumbai - where the artist's brother and father and his money is. but it is the female characters, wives of the brothers, who are the prime force behind the story. the movie keeps you guessing right from the beginning and you never know what's going to happen the next minute. the only aberration being a shot where a stereotype parsi neighbour does come into picture to provide comic relief.
surprisingly, i am currently reading rohinton mistry's 'a fine balance' about a parsi in mumbai - set in 1970's - during emergency. more about it later.
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Liked the Switzerland photographs -- the place looks so perfect. Agree - Being Cyrus is a good movie - in parts
Being Cyrus, was a good film...could have been better though! I agree about the stereo-type caricatures that Hindi movies make out of a Parsi character, but then Hindi movies make caricatures of Bengalis, Madrasis(read all South Indians with a uniform weird accent propagated by Mehmood), Sardars, Catholics,Muslims, Sindhis...the list is endless! So it was really refreshing to see normal, dysfunctional people (an oxymoron I know) who are not caricatures!
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