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Kaizad Gustad is a Director and Scriptwriter Indian born on 1968
Kaizad Gustad (born 1968) is an Indian film director and writer. He is best known for his 1998 comedy Bombay Boys and debut novel Of No Fixed Address.
Gustad was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) to a wealthy Parsi-Iranian family, and grew up in a farm in Wadi, a village in Karnataka, where father and grandfather owned cinema theatres. He studied in St. Paul's School, Darjeeling, and also attended the Cathedral and John Connon School in Bombay. He moved along with his family to Sydney at the age of sixteen. He attended New York University's film school.
Gustad led a Bohemian lifestyle when he started travelling from the age of 18 to different parts of the world and doing odd jobs like pizza delivery, bartender, and stripper. He kept a diary on his travels and called it "Of No Fixed Address" as he had no address for three years. He based this for his book of short stories Of No Fixed Address published 10 years later in 1998.
He collected money from friends, family and credit card companies to make his first full-length feature film Bombay Boys. He worked on the script for about eight months, and shot the film in 48 days. The film released in 1998 took four years to make.
Gustad has an older brother and a younger sister. He dated Diana Hayden for sometime before the release of Boom in 2003. In January 2004, he married American Alexandra Ritt. He has a son Zahaan.
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Kaizad Gustad (born 1968) is an Indian film director and writer. He is best known for his 1998 comedy Bombay Boys and debut novel Of No Fixed Address.
Gustad was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) to a wealthy Parsi-Iranian family, and grew up in a farm in Wadi, a village in Karnataka, where father and grandfather owned cinema theatres. He studied in St. Paul's School, Darjeeling, and also attended the Cathedral and John Connon School in Bombay. He moved along with his family to Sydney at the age of sixteen. He attended New York University's film school.
Gustad led a Bohemian lifestyle when he started travelling from the age of 18 to different parts of the world and doing odd jobs like pizza delivery, bartender, and stripper. He kept a diary on his travels and called it "Of No Fixed Address" as he had no address for three years. He based this for his book of short stories Of No Fixed Address published 10 years later in 1998.
He collected money from friends, family and credit card companies to make his first full-length feature film Bombay Boys. He worked on the script for about eight months, and shot the film in 48 days. The film released in 1998 took four years to make.
Gustad has an older brother and a younger sister. He dated Diana Hayden for sometime before the release of Boom in 2003. In January 2004, he married American Alexandra Ritt. He has a son Zahaan.
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Jackpot (2013)
Directed by Kaizad Gustad
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Actors Naseeruddin Shah, Sunny Leone, Sachiin Joshi, Bharath, Makarand Deshpande, Manish Wadhwa
Rating20%
Francis (Sachiin J Joshi) packs in the muscle and has a can of beer always close at hand. He is also street-smart enough to impress Maya (Sunny Leone), the oomphy voice of reason in the movie. Boss Man (Naseeruddin Shah) is a veteran raver whose clothes are as colorful as his principles and punchlines. Slow in speech but quick to draw a six-shooter, he owns the Jackpot casino.
Bombil and Beatrice (2007)
, 1h37Directed by Kaizad Gustad
Genres Thriller
Actors Prashant Narayanan
Rating59%
Boom (2003)
, 1h50Directed by Kaizad Gustad
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Jackie Shroff, Zeenat Aman, Katrina Kaif, Gulshan Grover, Padma Lakshmi
Rating23%
Anu Gaekwad (Madhu Sapre), Sheila Bardez (Padma Lakshmi) and Rina Kaif (Katrina Kaif) are three of India's top models. A prestigious diamond fashion show goes wrong and, inadvertently, they become embroiled in a jewellery heist. While on the runway, one of the models intentionally trips Anu, a model's worst nightmare. Anu's supportive friends, Sheila and Rina, come to the rescue. The trio confronts the model who tripped Anu and, soon thereafter, as the ladies get into a scuffle, they are met with a big surprise. Hundreds of glittering stolen diamonds, which were due to be smuggled out of the country, fall from the model's hair and on to the ramp only to be snatched up by paparazzi and celebrities alike.
Bombay Boys (1998)
, 1h45Directed by Kaizad Gustad
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Films about films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Gangster films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Naveen Andrews, Rahul Bose, Vinay Pathak, Roshan Seth, Naseeruddin Shah, Luke Kenny
Rating62%
The three meet each other for the first time at Mumbai's airport and decide to find a place together. In the course of the movie, Krishna finds out that, in order to break into the local film industry, he must first win the (decidedly risky) patronage of Don Mastana (Naseeruddin Shah), a godfather of the Mumbai underworld who's also a film producer. Mastana is a violent man who thinks nothing of impaling a lizard with a knife or shattering the skull of a fellow crime boss for making a pass at his girlfriend.
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Jackpot (2013)
Directed by Kaizad Gustad
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Actors Naseeruddin Shah, Sunny Leone, Sachiin Joshi, Bharath, Makarand Deshpande, Manish Wadhwa
Roles Writer
Rating20%
Francis (Sachiin J Joshi) packs in the muscle and has a can of beer always close at hand. He is also street-smart enough to impress Maya (Sunny Leone), the oomphy voice of reason in the movie. Boss Man (Naseeruddin Shah) is a veteran raver whose clothes are as colorful as his principles and punchlines. Slow in speech but quick to draw a six-shooter, he owns the Jackpot casino.
Bombil and Beatrice (2007)
, 1h37Directed by Kaizad Gustad
Genres Thriller
Actors Prashant Narayanan
Rating59%
Boom (2003)
, 1h50Directed by Kaizad Gustad
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Jackie Shroff, Zeenat Aman, Katrina Kaif, Gulshan Grover, Padma Lakshmi
Roles Writer
Rating23%
Anu Gaekwad (Madhu Sapre), Sheila Bardez (Padma Lakshmi) and Rina Kaif (Katrina Kaif) are three of India's top models. A prestigious diamond fashion show goes wrong and, inadvertently, they become embroiled in a jewellery heist. While on the runway, one of the models intentionally trips Anu, a model's worst nightmare. Anu's supportive friends, Sheila and Rina, come to the rescue. The trio confronts the model who tripped Anu and, soon thereafter, as the ladies get into a scuffle, they are met with a big surprise. Hundreds of glittering stolen diamonds, which were due to be smuggled out of the country, fall from the model's hair and on to the ramp only to be snatched up by paparazzi and celebrities alike.
Bombay Boys (1998)
, 1h45Directed by Kaizad Gustad
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Films about films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Gangster films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Naveen Andrews, Rahul Bose, Vinay Pathak, Roshan Seth, Naseeruddin Shah, Luke Kenny
Roles Writer
Rating62%
The three meet each other for the first time at Mumbai's airport and decide to find a place together. In the course of the movie, Krishna finds out that, in order to break into the local film industry, he must first win the (decidedly risky) patronage of Don Mastana (Naseeruddin Shah), a godfather of the Mumbai underworld who's also a film producer. Mastana is a violent man who thinks nothing of impaling a lizard with a knife or shattering the skull of a fellow crime boss for making a pass at his girlfriend.