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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.
Sooni Taraporevala was born and schooled in Bombay, India. In 1975 she received a scholarship to attend Harvard University as an undergraduate. At Harvard she studied English Literature, Film and Photography.
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Sooni Taraporevala. Writer: Yeh Ballet. Born in 1957 in Bombay but educated in the States in film and photography at New York University, Sooni Taraporevala is one of India's pre-eminent scenarists and has also worked as a freelance still photographer One of her works is a coffee table book on the Zoroastrian Parsi people of her country, about ...
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Jun 28, 2016 · Indian writer and photographer Sooni Taraporevala, best known as the screenwriter of The Namesake and Oscar-nominated Salaam Bombay, took a picture of her family in a Mumbai balcony 31 years...
Feb 21, 2020 · Sooni Taraporevala’s Netflix debut, Yeh Ballet proves that talent has no boundaries. A coming-of-age film about two male ballet dancers, Sooni Taraporevala was so inspired by these boys that she told their story twice. By Mihika Agarwal. 21 February 2020. Netflix.
Learn about Sooni Taraporevala's book Parsis: The Zoroastrians of India, which documents the Bombay Parsi community through her lens. She also shares her insights on her film career, the Parsi identity, and the Taj Mahal IMAX project.
