Back سونى تاراپوريڤالا ARZ সোনি তারাপোরেভেলা Bengali/Bangla Sooni Taraporevala Spanish سونی تاراپوروالا Persian Sooni Taraporevala French સુની તારાપોરવાલા Gujarati सूनी तारापोरवाला Hindi सूनी तारापोरवाला Nepali Sooni Taraporevala NB ਸੂਨੀ ਤਾਰਾਪੋਰੇਵਾਲਾ Punjabi
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Sooni Taraporevala | |
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 Sooni Taraporevala in 2010 | |
| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | screenwriter, film director, photographer |
| Years active | 1988–present |
Sooni Taraporevala (born 1957) is an Indian screenwriter, photographer, and filmmaker who is the screenwriter of Mississippi Masala, The Namesake and Oscar-nominated Salaam Bombay!, all directed by Mira Nair.[1] She also adapted Rohinton Mistry's novel Such A Long Journey and wrote the films Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, her directorial debut Little Zizou, and Yeh Ballet, a Netflix original film that she wrote and directed.[2][3]
Taraporevala wrote the screenplay for and directed her first feature film, Little Zizou (2007), an ensemble piece set in Mumbai.[4][5] This film explores issues facing the Parsi community to which she belongs. It went on to win the Silver Lotus Award (2009) at the National Film Awards for Best Film on Family Values.[6]
She was awarded the Padma Shri by Government of India in 2014.[7] She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Her photographs are in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) in Delhi and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
- ^ Viets, Alexandra (12 October 1994). "From Hollywood Back to Bombay". The New York Times.
- ^ "Such a Long Journey (Rohinton Mistry and Sturla Gunnarsson)", Images of Idiocy, Routledge, pp. 205–224, 2 March 2017, doi:10.4324/9781315252704-19, ISBN 978-1-315-25270-4, retrieved 6 December 2020
- ^ R.M. Vijayakar. "Sooni Taraporevala's 'Yeh Ballet' Nominated for Flyx Filmfare Awards". India West. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "The Serious Laugh Junkie". Tehelka. 7 March 2009. Archived from the original on 30 June 2010.
- ^ "Little Zizou, an insider's view to Parsi community". CNN-IBN. 27 February 2009. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012.
- ^ Ramachandran, Smriti Kak (19 March 2010). "President confers 56th National Film Awards". The Hindu.
- ^ Das, Soma (16 October 2015). "'Life's all about taking risks' : Filmmaker-author Sooni Taraporevala". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 19 October 2015.