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Taraporevala

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Interviews Articles, Videos & Podcasts, FILM reviews, PHoto essays & Articles, Book reviews

Interviews

From Hollywood Back to Bombay The New York Times (1994)

Documenting India's Parsi Community: An Interview with Sooni Taraporevala Asia Society

The story of an iconic Indian family photograph BBC News (2016)

The Other Mumbai by Alexandra Viets The Wall Street Journal (2009)

Portrait Of An Artist: Sooni Taraporevala The Harvard Crimson (2012)

Oscar academy membership is ‘great honour’ and ‘huge boost to the talents of Indian cinema’ Scroll (2017)

Sooni Taraporevala Is First Parsi Member At Oscar’s Academy Parsi Times (2017)

Opportunity strikes: More women behind Bollywood’s cameras The Christian Science Monitor (2020)

Actors, Filmmakers, Musicians Honored with Padma Awards INDIAWEST (2014)

‘Mumbai’s name change was undemocratic’ Condé Nast Traveller India (2017)

‘Photoplay: A Throwback to Bollywood’s Premieres, Parties & Pauses The Quint (2017)

We are made to feel grateful to be in the room: Five filmmakers on being women in cinema Indian Express (2020)

A script must move and move you: Sooni Taraporevala on how to pen a great screenplay DNA India (2014)

‘Life’s all about taking risks’ : Filmmaker-author Sooni Taraporevala Hindustan Times (2015)

Our need for human connection stays Hindustan Times (2020)

Sooni Taraporevala on taking the leap of faith with Netflix’s Yeh Ballet Elle India (2020)

When Zizou met Zidane Mumbai Mirror (2016)

The Benign Fundamentalists Man’s World (2009)

A Correct Heart Elle Interview (2009)

The Serious Laugh Junkie Tehelka Magazine (2009)

Parsipolis Time Out (2009)

Ah, those Harvard days Hindustan Times Café (2009)

Sooni Taraporevala Takes Little Zizou to Granada, Ole! Chic Today Entertainment (2009)

The Creative Powerhouse Platform (2009)

All in the family Livemint.com (2009)

Perfectly Scripted Marie Claire, India (2009)

Mom calls the shots by Aseem Chhabra, Mumbai Mirror (2008)

Little film makes big waves DNA (2008)

'I'm allowed to make a film with a happy ending' The Indian Express (2008)

What's In a Name? Writers Guild of America, West

Godmothers of The Namesake Harvard Magazine (2007)

Coming Soon-i Mumbai Mirror Online (2007)

From Salaam Bombay to Little Zizou Rediff News

The other side of Mumbai by Vikas Hotwani, DNA India (2007)

A Form Of Magic ANOKHI Magazine (2006)

Such a long journey Mumbai Mirror (2005)

What I've Learnt FEMINA (2005)

‘I was called a rudderless ship’ Tehelka (2004)

Stayin’ alive Time Out Mumbai (2004)

The Journey Continues Jam-e-Jamshed Weekly (2004)

Second graders to soul sisters Mid-day (2021)

Video

Freida Pinto and Sooni Taraporevala on Diverse Storytelling (2021)

Women in Film International Worldwide Webinar with Sooni Taraporevala (2020)

Sooni Taraporevala Shares Her Harvard University Experience NDTV (2014)

Anurag Kashyap & top directors on why films on streaming services are a game changer Aur Batao (2020)

IFFLA Recommends - Sooni Taraporevala | Yeh Ballet IFFLA (2020)

Podcasts

My Journey, From Harvard To Yeh Ballet Currious List Podcast

Sooni Taraporevala: Director & Screenwriter The Credit Roll

Film

Film Reviews

Yeh Ballet IMDB (7.6/10)

Yeh Ballet Review: Netflix Film Captures The Beauty Of A Dance Form NDTV Movies (2020)

Netflix film ‘Yeh Ballet’ shows how boys can ballet, even in India Gulf News (2020)

‘Yeh Ballet’ Netflix review: Mumbai teens defeat male stereotypes through dance ... Young Post/South China Morning Post SCMP (2020)

‘Yeh Ballet’ review: Netflix film about male ballet dancers is an engaging flight of fancy Scroll.in (2020)

Yeh Ballet Review: Finally, a dance film without masala Times of India (2020)

Yeh Ballet movie review: Sooni Taraporevala cleverly blends the personal with the political, fiction with reality Firstpost (2020)

Review: Netflix’s ‘Yeh Ballet’ Shows That Art Transcends Class The Quint (2020)

Netflix’s Yeh Ballet Shows How Passion Can Shatter Stereotypes She The People (2020)

Yeh Ballet Movie Review Bollyspice (2020)

Film Review: Yeh Ballet Jon’s Place (2020)

Articles

Sooni Taraporevala to Direct Real-Life Drama ‘Ballet Boys’ The Hollywood Reporter (2018)

In a first, Indian film Yeh Ballet finds a spot on Netflix CEO Reed Hastings' recommendation list PinkVilla (2020)

The Best Dance Movies On Netflix (According To IMDB) ScreenRant (2020)

Here's The Inspiring True Story Of The 2 Dancers Behind Netflix's 'Yeh Ballet' Scoop Whoop

20 Storytellers Whose Web Series & Movies Kept Us Sane And Hooked In 2020 Scoop Whoop

Netflix's 'Yeh Ballet': The extraordinary tale of two ballerinos from Maximum City The Hindu (2020)

In Netflix film ‘Yeh Ballet’, two male ballet dancers find their feet and leap for the sky Scroll (2020)

Sooni Taraporevala’s Netflix debut, Yeh Ballet proves that talent has no boundaries Vogue India (2020)

Netflix Original Film, 'Yeh Ballet' by Sooni Taraporevala Mixed in Abbey Road's Mix Stage Abbey Road (2020)

How Sound Sets The Stage In Netflix’s Yeh Ballet A Sound Effect (2020)

Netflix's "Yeh Ballet" in UHD Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos - What does it mean? LinkedIn (2020)

Yeh Ballet – A Netflix Original Sound Disposition

How 2020 rolled: The best movie memories Indian Express (2020)

Roy Kapur Films’ ‘Yeh Ballet’ made Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie cry Biz Asia (2020)

Free Netflix in December | How to prepare for binge-watching 48 hours of the best of movies and shows! Money Control (2020)

Interviews

Big ballet energy: Actor Achintya Bose on why 'Yeh Ballet' is different The New Indian Express (2020)

Featured Actor: Manish Chauhan for Yeh Ballet The Digital Popcorn (2020)

Salaam Ballet! Telegraph India (2020)

Sooni Taraporevala Yeh Ballet Platform Mag

You Take A Kernel Of Truth And Blow It Up Trick News India (2020)

Meet Cindy Jourdain, the expert who trained the cast of Yeh Ballet Elle India (2020)

Videos

Yeh Ballet Interview with Anupama Chopra | Netflix India Film Companion (2020)

Team Naach X Yeh Ballet | Netflix (2020)

Wanted Dancers to Act, Not the Opposite: Netflix’s Yeh Ballet Team The Quint (2020)

Siddharth Roy Kapur and Sooni Taraporevala on 'Yeh Ballet' and Indian cinema at Oscar (2020)

Tootay Nahin Hum, Lyrics Video

Little zizou

An Acclaimed Screenwriter’s Latest Film Takes on Indian Zoroastrianism The Wall Street Journal (2009)

The Best Things in Life Are Free: Little Zizou on Hulu Huffington Post (2013)

Zoroastrianism in the limelight Dawn (2009)

Worth the Wait Republic of Brown (2013)

As warm as a caress by Khalid Mohamed The Asian Age (2009)

Little Zizou Timeout (2009)

Movie Review: Little Zizou by Shubhra Gupta The Indian Express (2009)

Little Zizou Times of India (2009)

To Light A Bedside Blaze Outlook Magazine (2009)

Little Zizou: Zo zweet! by Mayank Shekhar Times of India (2009)

Little Zizou is a big winner Live Mint and the Wall Street Journal (2009)

Review: Little Zizou The Hindustan Times (2009)

A little break, a little madness, a little fun Blog-Random Precision (2009)

Twenty-first century Parsis Rediff.com Movies (2009)

Sound sense - Imaad Shah Interview Indian Express (2009)

Little Zizou Sify Movies

Best Foreign Films, 2008 - Little Zizou Rediff.com (2009)

Asian Festival of 1st Films: Little Zizou (Opening Film) A Nutshell Review (2008)

Little Zizou Is a Treasure of a Film! Chic Today Entertainment (2008)

Gerald Wright's Movie Coverage hdfest.com (2009)

Salaam Bombay!

Salaam Bombay! review – still fiercely unsentimental and throbbing with energy The Guardian (2021)

In a City Where Life Is Just Barely Possible The New York Times (1988)

Salaam Bombay Hollywood Reporter (1998)

The Namesake

"The Namesake" | A Bengali-American family wrestles with its identity by Moira Macdonald The Seattle Times (2007)

Modernity And Tradition At a Cultural Crossroads The New York Times (2007)

Culture Clash The Village Voice (2007)

The Namesake Variety (2006)

Strangers in Strange Homelands Washington City Paper

The Namesake View London

Mississippi Masala

Streaming: Denzel at his best in ‘Mississippi Masala’ Sonoma Index- Tribune (2022)

1991 love story 'Mississippi Masala' returns to the screen at Coolidge Corner wbur (2022)

Sooni Taraporevala feels re-releasing Mississippi Masala in US is ‘important’ Hindustan Times (2022)

Mira Nair on Making Mississippi Masala a Radical Act of Love Vulture (2022)

Mississippi Masala The Washington Post (1992)

Indian Immigrants in a Black-and-White Milieu The New York Times (1992)

Such a long journey

Such A Long Journey Chicago Sun-Times (2000)

Journey A Real Trip The New York Post (2000)

It’s not exotic. It’s Indian Times Of India (1998)

my own country

My Own Country Gentleman (1999)

Back Home, At Last Indian Express (1999)

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar

A refreshing antidote Gentleman (1999)

‘The audience for a film on Ambedkar is assured Times Of India

Yeh Ballet short

Yeh Ballet IMDB (8.7/10)

A dream becomes a virtual reality in Sooni Taraporevala’s ‘Yeh Ballet’ Scroll (2017)

The ballet boys of Mumbai Mint (2017)

Anand Gandhi, Sooni Taraporevala talk about all things films and Mumbai Mid-day (2017)

'Yeh Ballet' to be screened at London Indian Film Festival DNA (2017)

Sooni Taraporevala on documenting two young ballerinos Verve (2017)

“A fly on the wall”: Sooni Taraporevala on Mumbai, VR and more ART RADAR JOURNAL (2017)

Girl Rising

Meet the Writer from India: Sooni Taraporevala (2013)

Photography

The story of an iconic Indian family photograph BBC (2016)

India's 10 Best Contemporary Photographers You Should Know The Culture Trip (2017)

World Photography Day – 9 Indian Photographers Who Made Their Mark Life Beyond Numbers (2020)

India | 10 Contemporary Photographers Ambika Rajgopal (2016)

Parsis

“My Grandfather”, Sooni Taraporevala BLOUIN ARTINFO (2013)

An up-close view of Parsis at Harvard exhibit Boston Globe (2012)

In pictures: India's Parsis BBC (2013)

Open the Magazine (2011)

Google Arts & Culture

Godrej Typewriter Factory, Bombay The Met Museum

Our best kept secret The Sunday Guardian

Photo Collection Tells Stories of Parsis in India NPR (2004)

Parsis: The Zoroastrians of India | A Photographic Journey 1980-2004 Sooni Taraporevala Smithsonian APAC (2004)

Alum Exhibits Photos of India The Harvard Crimson (2012)

Parsis Through Sooni Taraporevala's Lens Verve Magazine (2016)

Must-see photo exhibit on Parsis Vogue India (2013)

Vanishing World of Parsis Google Arts & Culture (2014)

Chronicler of a community The Indian Express (2013)

Showcase: Eloquent portraits The Hindu (2013)

Parsis, The Zoroastrians of India at The Carpenter Center Art Forum (2012)

Through A Lens, By A Mirror, The Parsis (1977 – 2013) NGMA India (2013)

Life of Parsis and legend of Sidi tribe on showcase Business Standard (2013)

Salaam Sooni! The Sunday Indian (2013)

Through a lens, by a mirror Tehelka (2013)

An up-close view of Parsis at Harvard exhibit Boston Globe (2012)

Home in the city

Sooni Taraporevala: To Bombay, with love Mint (2017)

Better Photography (2020)

Sooni Taraporevala’s photo exhibition reveals a heartwarming visual sojourn of Mumbai Hindustan Times (2018)

From Bombay to Mumbai: Sooni Taraporevala’s photographic tribute to the city she loves Architectural Digest (2017)

What is the city?: Through photographs, Sooni Traraporevala depicts transition of Bombay to Mumbai India Today (2018)

Sooni Taraporevala’s Photographs Will Make You Fall In Love With Mumbai All Over Again Homegrown (2017)

Sooni Taraporevala's 'Home in The City, Bombay 1977 - Mumbai 2017' holds up a gentle mirror to a place and its people Firstpost (2018)

Sooni Taraporevala captures Mumbai's intimate, characteristic visuals in 'Home In The City' Firstpost (2017)

Sooni Taraporevala: Home in the City, Bombay 1976 - Mumbai 2016 Whitworth Art Gallery (2017)

Home in the City Platform Mag

Journey through 40 years of Bombay with Sooni Taraporevala's 'Home in the City' Verve Magazine (2017)

Mumbai Mirror Open The Magazine (2018)

In search of Bombay The Hindu (2017)

Review: Sooni Taraporevala: Home in the City, Bombay 1976 – Mumbai 2016 @ The Whitworth The State of the Arts (2016)

My Analogue World

Sooni Taraporevala Recalls a Forgotten Analogue World The Wire (2017)

Photos of long-forgotten books by long-dead authors preface a memory-themed festival in Mumbai Scroll.in (2017)

Books

Photo Collection Tells Stories of Parsis in India NPR (2004)

First Cousins The Iranian (2004)

A Moving Parsi Masterpiece Afternoon Despatch & Courier (2004)

GOOD DEEDS Orlando Weekly (2004)

Parsis. The Zoroastrians of India. A Photographic Journey Man's World (2004)

Parsis. The Zoroastrians of India Hamazor (2004)

Religion Bookline from Publisher’s Weekly, BOOKS BRIEFLY: Photo Book Chronicles Tiny but Influential Religious Group (2004)

Parsis. The Zoroastrians of India. A Photographic Journey FEZANA Journal (2005)