Being Cyrus (2005)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Homi Adajania

Writers:

Homi Adajania (original screenplay)
Kersi Khambatta (original screenplay)

Release Date:

24 March 2006 (India)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Who you let in can change your life

Plot:

"Being Cyrus" is a dark, comedic venture by the debutante director Homi Adajania that spins around the Sethnas - a Parsi family.

Plot Keywords:

Parsi | English | Fantasy Sequence | Neo Noir | India

Cast

Naseeruddin Shah	...	Dinshaw F. Sethna
Dimple Kapadia	...	Katy D. Sethna
Saif Ali Khan	...	Cyrus Mistry / Xerxes
Boman Irani	...	Farokh F. Sethna
Simone Singh	...	Tina F. Sethna
Honey Chhaya	...	Fardounjee Sethna
Manoj Pahwa	...	Inspector Maninder Lovely
Delna Patel	...	Miss Vinci
Ravi Khote	...	Bonesetter
Carol Gracias	...	Girl in Dream / Beggar Girl
Zareen Bhasin	...	Farokh's Secretary
Keku Writer	...	Eedu
Yasmin Khambatta	...	Bonesetter's wife
Rayaan Gandhy	...	Young Cyrus
Sephra	...	Young Tina

Also Known As:

Akoori (India: Hindi title) (working title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

India

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:12A | India:A

Filming Locations:

Colaba, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company:

Miracle Cinefilms

Trivia:

This is Saif Ali Khan's first English feature film. Jon Harris who edited Guy Richie's cult classic Snatch has re-edited the movie in a record time frame of 21 days.

Quotes:

Cyrus Mistry: You know how to play Chess, Mr. Sethna?
Fardounjee Sethna: Used to. I wasn't a Grandmaster or anything. But saala my father told me one thing about life from this game. He used to say, "Always remember, son. Once the game is over, the King and the Pawn go back into the same box."

Being Honest

Homi Adajania misses the century by few runs, but no worries even Dravid missed one on his debut. Yes, its a brilliant start for him as a story teller. I remember seeing sixth sense, it wasn't too great a movie(every one will agree me on that) till I saw the climax, that's where the brilliance lies. Its the package of the film that's makes directors GREAT. Well, Homi can pat himself for his honest original attempt and not trying to remake any of classic English thrillers in Hindi.

I thought the first half was little too long in describing things which weren't related to the title. I felt a lot of attention should have been given to Cyrus which i think lacked except the dream scene. Unfortunately you actually cant really draw the outline for Cyrus, which you do with other character. The cinematographer and editor make you eyes busy with colors and cuts. I thought Salim-Sulaiman still has a hangover of Booth, cause the music in the first half was little loud for the way the movie opens and proceeds till interval, but they did make up in the second half with the sound. All characters where apt in their roles, but i still think the director ran out of wine when feeding Saif and Shah.

If not the best movie i ever saw, its a brilliant and a honest movie from AN India for which i can be proud of. For me the hero is Homi Adajania, HATS OFF.