Being Cyrus

Being Cyrus is an English language Indian film directed by Homi Adajania and released in 2006. It is a psychological drama revolving around a dysfunctional Parsi family. The film was originally titled Akoori, a reference to a traditional Parsi scrambledeggslike side dish.

The Sethna family of Panchgani consists of a retired sculptor Dinshaw Naseeruddin Shah and his wife Katy Dimple Kapadia. Dinshaws brother Farrokh Boman Irani, their father Fardoonjee Honey Chhaya, and Farrokhs wife Tina Simone Singh reside in Mumbai.It is at this time that Cyrus Mistry Saif Ali Khan, the narrator of the story, shows up at the Sethnas doorstep in Panchgani one morning, a seeming wanderer hailing from Jamshedpur who professes his admiration for Dinshaws work and asks if he can be his apprentice. Dinshaw and Katy agree, and soon the young man becomes a part of their life. Katy makes advances towards Cyrus, which he tolerates while cryptically telling the audience that he is playing Katy. As time passes Cyrus gets to know the oddball couple better Dinshaw is a perpetually zonedout eccentric, though a rather affable one, while the rather promiscuous Katy, tired of slowmoving Panchgani life and her motheaten marriage, has embarked on an affair with her brotherinlaw Farrokh in Mumbai. Katy makes Cyrus her pawn, sending him to Mumbai to visit her fatherinlaw Fardoonjee, who lives in an extension of Farrokhs flat, with orders to get a stash of money Fardoonjee supposedly has. On meeting Fardoonjee, Cyrus realizes that he is illtreated by Farrokh. Farrokhs timid young wife, Tina, is unable to be herself except during the few hours Farrokh is at work. She enjoys smoking, loud music and goes to hair appointments when Farrokh is gone. ........

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