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Being Cyrus (2005)

90 min  -  Comedy | Drama | Thriller  -   24 March 2006 (India)
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"Being Cyrus" is a dark, comedic venture by the debutante director Homi Adajania that spins around the Sethnas - a Parsi family.

Director:

Homi Adajania

Writers:

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

Stars:

Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia and Saif Ali Khan
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Naseeruddin Shah ...
Dinshaw Sethna
Dimple Kapadia Dimple Kapadia ...
Saif Ali Khan ...
Boman Irani ...
Farokh Sethna
Simone Singh Simone Singh ...
Tina Sethna
Honey Chhaya Honey Chhaya ...
Manoj Pahwa Manoj Pahwa ...
Delna Patel Delna Patel ...
Miss Vinci
Ravi Khote Ravi Khote ...
Bonesetter
Carol Gracias Carol Gracias ...
Girl in Dream / Beggar Girl
Zareen Bhasin Zareen Bhasin ...
Farokh's Secretary
Keku Writer Keku Writer ...
Eedu
Yasmin Khambatta Yasmin Khambatta ...
Bonesetter's wife
Rayaan Gandhy Rayaan Gandhy ...
Sephra Sephra ...
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Storyline

The Sethna family resides in the hills of Panchgani. A retired sculptor Dinshaw heads the family of Dinshaw's wife Katy , brother Farokh, sister-in-law Tina and father Fardoonjee. When the bizarre Cyrus comes into their lives, it is soon revealed that things aren't quite right with the Sethna family. The original Indian title is "Akoori." Written by gavin (gunmasterM@hotmail.com)  

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Parsi | Neo Noir | Fantasy Sequence | Dark Comedy | Psycho Thriller  | See more »

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Who you let in can change your life

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Thriller

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Country:

India

Language:

English

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Filming Locations:

Colaba, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India See more »

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Miracle Cinefilms, Serendipity Films, Times Infotainment Media See more »
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Dolby Digital

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Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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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. See more »

Quotes

Cyrus Mistry: [narrating] As children we never imagined that there was a world out there that other people spent all their lives grabbing at; As much as we wanted to breakout into that world, nobody ever told us that the more we grabbed, the more we would lose a few pieces of ourselves. It was inevitable, I guess.
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