Voice: Red-Jason Sudeikis, Chuck-Josh Gad, Bomb- Danny McBride, Matilda- Maya Rudolph, Leonard- Bill Hader, Mighty Eagle- Peter Winklage Even birds of disparate feathers flock together – that, probably, is the only message sent out in this app-inspired animated film by the two debutant directors. Red, who’s supposed to be a bird with a questionable temperament,…
With ‘Veerappan’, Ram Gopal Varma seems to be back in business after a series of duds. Voltaire’s ‘a society gets the criminal it deserves’ is artfully woven into the film’s introduction even as RGV opens the film of a juvenile delinquent settling down to an avowed life of crime, chronicling 40 years of evils of…
Shorn of the usual trappings of Hindi cinema – tear–jerker dialogues and outlandish performances – ‘Waiting’ (largely in English), alluding to the time spent in waiting-rooms of hospitals and the periods consumed waiting for the recovery of your loved ones, has a refreshingly rational take on the above. Shiv Kumar (Naseeruddin Shah) is a retired…
In the mid-80s when Tata Housing Development Company envisaged Cama Park, one wonders whether they constructed the circular interior road of 400m (the identical distance for track events), by design or inadvertently. This track, particularly the gradient in a few places, has motivated the youth of Cama Park colony, Andheri and benefited them at excelling…
The Cusrow Baug United Sports and Welfare League hosted an Under-14 Football Friendly Match on the evening of 15 May, 2016, with Dadar Parsi Colony Gymkhana. A total of 40 boys and girls participated, representing their colonies. Two games were held amid high interaction between the children. Parents and supporters from Cusrow Baug and Dadar…
The Dadar Parsi Colony Gymkhana Floodlit Annual Athletic Meet, held from the 24th to 26th April, 2016, had eight BPP athletes crowned Individual Age Group Champions for winning all three Championships – Men, Women and Inter-Club. Tania Nava, sponsored by BPP Chairman, Yazdi Desai and wife Anahita Desai, was adjudged the ‘Best Athlete of the…
Brothers, Nekzaad and Shazaad Olpadwalla once again make the community proud at the ‘National Level Taekwando Championship’ in Delhi. Held on May 11th and 12th, 2016, the boys won a ‘Bronze’ each in the 21kg and 23 kg categories respectively. Their mother, Mahafrin Olpadwalla too stepped into the ring in the heavy weight category and…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]The way a team plays as a unit determines its success. Team Parsee Gymkhana played exceptional cricket throughout the season and were rewarded for their efforts. Parsi Times Sports Reporter and an avid cricket enthusiast, Binaisha M. Surti shares exciting coverage of the event, which she was invited to also compère, in her…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times is pleased to share with our readers a new column of religious and inspirational excerpts from the acclaimed book, ‘Homage Unto Ahura Mazda’.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] Foreword by Dr. Viraf Minocher Dhalla: “My grandfather, Dasturji Dr. Maneckji Naserwanji Dhalla, the author, possessed a doctorate in Literature and was the High Priest in Karachi. Born…
Every year nearly six million deaths are caused due to the use of tobacco – and of these, six lakh deaths are a result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke or passive smoking, that is, being exposed to the smoke exhaled from smokers in proximity. May 31st marks ‘World No Tobacco Day’ (WNTD), instituted by the…
Canine Behaviourist Shirin Merchant says, “Don’t let allergies come between you and your dog”. Here’s how… Porus loved dogs. Unfortunately, the boy was allergic to dogs and hence his parents could never get their ten-year-old son his own pet. Then one day, a friend showed them a newspaper cutting on ‘hypoallergenic dogs’. It suggested that…