Firdaus Kanga
Firdaus Kanga (Born in 1960, age 61) is an Indian writer and actor who lives in London. He has written a novel, Trying to Grow a semi-autobiographical novel set in India and a travel book Heaven on Wheels about his experiences in the United Kingdom where he met Stephen Hawking. Trying to Grow was later turned into a film, Sixth Happiness, for which Kanga wrote the screenplay, and in which he starred.
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Early and personal life
Kanga is from a Parsi family.[1] He was born in 1960 in Mumbai. Until fourth grade, Kanga was tutored in home after which he joined the Campion School in Mumbai. He is 4 ft (122 cm) tall and is a writer, journalist and actor in his written movie "Sixth Happiness".
He is also the author of Heaven on Wheels. He lives in London England.
References
- "Disabled writer Firdaus Kanga makes waves in London". India Today. 31 July 1991.
External links
- Firdaus Kanga biography and credits at the BFI's Screenonline
- Article by Kanga on the BBC website
- Sixth Happiness -- a BBC-BFI film that won the EMMA award
- Article about Kanga and his film on the website for The Independent newspaper
- Trying to Grow by Kanga -- republished in November 2008 by Penguin India
- New York Times review of Kanga's film Sixth Happiness
- Kanga in a New York Times review of the history of homosexuality in Indian literary history
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