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Film details
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Featuring
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Director
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Country
United Kingdom
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Year
1997
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Genre
Biopic
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Alternative titles
- Trying to Grow Working
Synopsis
Fictional biography of the life of disabled author Firdaus Kanga, growing up in Bombay's Parsee community.
Tells the painful and humorous story of a young Parsee boy growing up in Bombay with brittle bone disease. Surrounded by his eccentric family and friends, he faces life with wry pragmatism, and doesn't let "little" things, like his ribs breaking when he laughs, cloud his ambitions or restrict his lifestyle. A fictionalised account of the early life of the writer, Firdaus Kanga.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Brit Kotwal
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Sera Kotwal
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Sam Kotwal
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Cyrus
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Amy
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Dolly Kotwal, oldest
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Tina
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Jeroo
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Father Fere
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musical daughter
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bank clerk
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boy at party
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plump wife
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Defarge
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old woman at funeral
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daughter in air-raid shelter
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Vera Dinshaw
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doctor
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woman in air-raid shelter
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plump husband
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Rohit
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Wagh Baba's assistant/brothel madam
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taxi driver
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Wagh Baba
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bank assistant
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old Parsee man
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young Tina
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Madame Maneckshaw
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bank secretary
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breathing generator
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young Dolly
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Dinsu Dinshaw
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cheerful mother
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Credits
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Direction:
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Director
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Assistant Director (1st)
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Assistant Director (2nd)
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
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Script Supervisor
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Production:
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Production Company
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Presented by
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Presented by
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In Assocation with
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Supported by
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Developed by
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Developed by
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With the Support of
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Executive Producer
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Executive Producer
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Producer
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Line Producer (India)
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Associate Producer
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Production Executive (BBC)
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Production Executive (BFI)
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Unit Manager
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Production Manager
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Production Co-ordinator
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Production Co-ordinator
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Production Accountant
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Production Accounts Adviser
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Delhi Liaison
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Mumbai Liaison
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Location Manager
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Location Manager
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Production Assistant
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Production Assistant
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Production Assistant
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Trainee
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Trainee
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Trainee
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Unit Runner
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Studio
Casting:
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Casting Director (UK)
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Casting Director (India)
Writing:
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Script Editor
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Screenplay
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Based on the novel "Trying to Grow" by
Photography:
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Director of Photography
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Focus Puller
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Clapper Loader
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Clapper Loader
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Camera Assistant
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Gaffer
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Chief Electrician
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Electrician
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Electrician
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Electrician
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Electrician
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Key Grip
Editing:
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Editor
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Assistant Editor
Design:
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Production Designer
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Art Director
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Assistant Art Director
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Set Decorator
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Set Decorator
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Painter
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Painter
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Standby Painter
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Standby Props
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Standby Props
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Props Buyer/Dresser
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Props Master
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Construction Manager
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Standby Carpenter
Costumes:
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Costume Designer
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Wardrobe Master
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Wardrobe Mistress/Research
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Wardrobe Assistant
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Wardrobe Assistant
Make-up:
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Make-up/Hair Designer
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Make-up/Hair Assistant
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Make-up Assistant
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Hair Assistant
Titles:
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Titles Design
Film processing:
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Opticals
Music:
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Music
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Musician
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Musician
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Musician
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Musician
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Musician
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Musician
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Musician
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Musician
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Musician
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Musician
Choreography:
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Choreography
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Choreography
Sound:
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Sound Recordist
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Boom Operator
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Dubbing Editor
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Sound Editor
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Sound Editor
Consultant:
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Catering
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Unit Medical Adviser
Visitor to set:
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Firdaus' Companion (UK)
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Firdaus' Companion (India)
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Sight & Sound magazine
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Reviews, interviews and features from the international film magazine.
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