feat. Faraz Arif Ansari

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by writer-director Faraz Arif Ansari (them/they), to talk about their amazing new movie 'Sheer Qorma' starring Shabana Azmi, Swara Bhaskar, Divya Dutta and others, why Faraz gets trolled for just being themself and making films about LGBTQIA relationships, and lots more. Cyrus and Faraz also talk about how Faraz became a film director in the first place, how they wanted to be one since the age of 4, the importance of making films and ads that talk about such relationships, working on Taare Zameen Par as a co-writer, working as the Associate Director & Casting Director on Karan Johar’s ‘Gippi!’, their previous critically acclaimed short films - Sisak and Siberia, and tons more.

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