TY - ADVS AU - Dholakia, Rahul AU - Shah,Naseeruddin AU - Sarika AU - Dastur,Parzaan TI - Parzania: heaven & hell on earth AV - DVB 3395 (viewing copy) U1 - 791.4372 PY - 2007/// CY - New Delhi PB - Eagle Home Entertainment KW - Parsees KW - Riots KW - India KW - Gujarat KW - Drama KW - Violence KW - Religious aspects KW - Hindus KW - Zoroastrianism KW - Muslims N1 - Copyright notice on disc: Jorden Electronics; "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. The parents of the child placed his picture in the end credits of the film in hopes that he is still alive and someone may recognize him"--IMDb.com; Originally released as a feature film in 2005; Summary taken from container; Not viewed; Sources used: videodisc container; cataloging record from OvOp field office; Editor, Aarif Sheikh ; music by Zakir Hussain ; director of photography, Robert Eras; Naseeruddin Shah, Sarika, Parzaan Dastur 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 ER -