Being Cyrus
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| Directed by | Homi Adajania |
| Produced by | Ambika Hinduja Dinesh Vijan Raman Macker Munnish Puri |
| Written by |
Homi Adajania (Screenplay) Kersi Khambatta (Story) |
| Starring |
Saif Ali Khan Naseeruddin Shah Dimple Kapadia Boman Irani Simone Singh |
| Music by | Salim-Sulaiman |
| Cinematography | Jehangir Chowdhury |
| Edited by | Jon Harris |
| Distributed by | Times Infotainment Media Limited |
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83 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $100,184 |
Being Cyrus is an English language Indian black comedy-thriller film directed by Homi Adajania and released in 2006. The film revolves around a dysfunctional Parsi family. The film was originally titled Akoori, a reference to a traditional Parsi scrambled-eggs-like side dish.
The film is the directorial debut of Homi Adajania and Saif Ali Khan's first film in English.
The Sethna family of Panchgani consists of retired sculptor Dinshaw (Naseeruddin Shah) and his wife Katy (Dimple Kapadia). Dinshaw's brother Farrokh (Boman Irani), their father Fardoonjee (Honey Chhaya), and Farrokh's wife Tina (Simone Singh) reside in Mumbai.
It is at this time that Cyrus Mistry (Saif Ali Khan), the narrator of the story, shows up at the Sethnas' doorstep in Panchgani one morning, a seeming wanderer hailing from Jamshedpur who professes his admiration for Dinshaw's work and asks if he can be his apprentice. Dinshaw and Katy agree, and soon the young man becomes a part of their life. Katy makes advances towards Cyrus, which he tolerates while cryptically telling the audience that he is "playing Katy". As time passes Cyrus gets to know the oddball couple better - Dinshaw is a perpetually zoned-out eccentric, though a rather affable one, while the rather promiscuous Katy, tired of slow-moving Panchgani life and her moth-eaten marriage, has embarked on an affair with her brother-in-law Farrokh in Mumbai. Katy makes Cyrus her pawn, sending him to Mumbai to visit her father-in-law Fardoonjee, who lives in an extension of Farrokh's flat, with orders to get a stash of money Fardoonjee supposedly has. On meeting Fardoonjee, Cyrus realizes that he is ill-treated by Farrokh. Farrokh's timid young wife, Tina, is unable to be herself except during the few hours Farrokh is at work. She enjoys smoking, loud music and goes to hair appointments when Farrokh is gone.
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