TY  - ADVS
AU  - Dholakia, Rahul 
AU  - Dholakia,Rahul
AU  - Hussain,Zakir
ED  - Eagle Home Entertainment (Firm)
ED  - Jorden Electronics (New Delhi, India)
TI  - Parzania 
U1  - 791.4372  22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New Delhi 
PB  - Eagle Entertainment Video
KW  - Parsees, Gujarat -Riots-India,violence- gujarat-religious aspects, muslims- hindu - Gujarat-India, Drama, Religious films, Fiction films
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Parzania is a 2007 Indian drama film co-written and directed by Rahul Dholakia; David N. Donihue is the other co-writer. The film featured Naseeruddin Shah and Sarika in the lead roles. "The character Parzan is based upon a child named Azhar, a victim of the devastating Gujarati riots of 2002 who is still missing to this day. Allan, an American, arrives in Ahmedabad searching for answers, to find internal peace and to understand the world and his troubled life. He chooses India as his school and Gandhi as the subject of his thesis. It is here that he meets the Pithawala family — Cyrus, his wife Shernaz, son Parzan (Parzan Dastur) and daughter Dilshad (Pearl Barsiwala). The Pithawalas being Parsis follow Zoroastrianism. Through them and the teachings of a Gandhian, Allan starts to find peace of mind. The plot is based on the story of Rupa Mody, whose son went missing after the 2002 Gujarat riots.The ten-year-old Parzan disappears during these riots when their surrounding homes are attacked. Cyrus, Shernaz and Dilshad manage to escape the carnage. In the aftermath of the riots, Cyrus searches for his missing child while fighting for his own sanity. While assisting the Pithawalas in their search, Allan battles to uncover the reason behind the riots in an effort to make some sense of the incident. People start to question government's official explanation of the incident which downplays any conspiracy. As a result, a Human Rights Commission is formed. Through the commission, several witnesses and victims testify against the indifference of the police to protect them from the rioters. The film ends with a dedication to the victims of communal violence; Editor, Aarif Sheikh ; music by Zakir Hussain ; director of photography, Robert Eras
N2  - Parzania is an imaginary world created by Parzan and shared by his sister from a Parsee family.  It is a perfect world where buildings are made of chocolate and mountains out of ice cream. That beauty is shattered when a a fire erupts on a train killing 58 Hindus. This the breathtaking story of one family and a community's loss, during an act of communal violence that stunned the world and changed country forever. Cyrus, a middle class Parsi (religious adherents of Zoroastrianism in India) lived with his wife Shernaz, son Parzan and daughter Dilshad. During the Hindu-Muslim riots in Gujarat, Parzan is lost and the religious politics between Parsi and Muslims do not matter to a family who wants only to find their little boy. Parzania is inspired by a true story of a boy named Azhar who was lost in the 2002 riot in Gujarat, India
UR  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaKwLJuKTr4
ER  -