Sooni Taraporevala

Active years (films on this site)

1991–2006

Genres

DramaRomance

Schools and movements

Indian Parallel CinemaWomen Directors

Directors worked with

Mira Nair2 films

Biography

Sooni Taraporevala is an Indian screenwriter, photographer, and filmmaker. She is known for the screenplays of Mississippi Masala, The Namesake, and the Oscar-nominated Salaam Bombay!, all directed by Mira Nair. She also adapted Rohinton Mistry's novel Such A Long Journey (1998). She wrote the films Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, her directorial debut Little Zizou (2008), and Yeh Ballet (2020), a Netflix original film that she also directed.

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Awards and honours

National / local

• Padma Shri in arts

2 films on this site

1. Mississippi Masala 1991 · Mira Nair · IMDb 6.8 · Writer
2. The Namesake 2006 · Mira Nair · IMDb 7.5 · Writer