An Interview with Screenwriter Sooni Taraporevala

Sooni Taraporevala is one of the most accomplished screenwriters of Indian cinema. She made her debut as a screenwriter with the 1988 Mira Nair-directed Salaam Bombay! She has since written several features including Mississippi Masala (1991), Such a Long Journey (1998) and The Namesake (2006). She also wrote and directed Little Zizou (2008) and a TV movie My Own Country (1998).

A passionate photographer, Sooni’s book of photographs PARSIS: The Zoroastrians of India. A Photographic Journey has...