Anahita’s Law
God gave us equality ~ Now women are determined to fight for it
Film Premiere Screening and Conversation:
Film Title: "Anahita's Law"
Language: English
Duration: 21 mins
Directed, Produced and Performed by Oorvazi Irani
Screenplay by: Farrukh Dhondy
Produced by: SBI Impresario Pvt. Ltd.
Venue: National Gallery of Modern Art, NGMA- Mumbai
Date: Friday, 31st May 2019
Time: 3 PM - 5 PM
Entry: FREE. Seats on first come first serve basis. (Limited Seating)
Synopsis: Anahit'a Law
Anahita’s Law, a monologue in which a single actor portrays the ancient Persian Avestan Goddess of the Waters and Parsi Zoroastrian characters from the past and today, is the dramatic presentation of the injustices that the Indian Uniform Civil Code should aspire to put right. Anahita stands for fertility, healing, and wisdom. Fertility is the gift of womankind, healing the tolerance they have shown to injustice for millions of years and wisdom which supplies the audacity to struggle and win.
Anahita’s law tells the stories of three Parsi women who lived through suffered and overcome the prejudices of biased tradition. The stories are told as recollection and action in a minimalist cinema tradition, the drama of recollection being portrayed in the landscape of the actor’s features. The understanding of prejudice abolishes it. The empathy with the victims of injustice aligns the audience of our film with their brave and inevitable struggle.
Anahita’s law tells the stories of three Parsi women who lived through suffered and overcome the prejudices of biased tradition. The stories are told as recollection and action in a minimalist cinema tradition, the drama of recollection being portrayed in the landscape of the actor’s features. The understanding of prejudice abolishes it. The empathy with the victims of injustice aligns the audience of our film with their brave and inevitable struggle.
The film screening will be at the National Gallery of Modern Art, NGMA - Mumbai followed by a special discussion with noted film critic & author Bhawana Somaaya & Oorvazi Irani exploring the film and the theme of woman's identity with respected individuals from the field of film, art, and culture.
The film will be released on Humaramovie YouTube channel on the 3rd of June 2019.
About: Oorvazi Irani
Oorvazi Irani is an independent filmmaker based in Mumbai, India. Apart from being a filmmaker, she is a film educationalist, an acting coach and the Director of her family held media production company SBI Impresario Pvt. Ltd incorporated by her father Sorab Irani in 1975. She has been invited as Selection Jury for the 20th edition of the International Children’s Film Festival ‘The Golden Elephant’ held in Hyderabad in November 2017.She has been teaching film and acting for the last 10 years at prestigious institutions including FTII, Pune, she is currently a full-time Acting Faculty at Whistling Woods International and heads the subject of Film at the International Baccalaureate board at the SVKM J.V. Parekh International school. She has pioneered the Michael Chekhov acting technique to India with her DVD which has the endorsement of Joanna Merlin, President of the Chekhov Association, New York. Her debut independent feature film as Director, Co-Producer and Actor “The Path of Zarathustra” written by Farrukh Dhondy was successfully released in PVR theatres in 5 cities in India as a PVR Directors Rare release on September 4th, 2015.
