Plot & Details
Disabled activist Firdaus Kanga scripted this autobiographical British drama by adapting his novel, Trying to Grow. Born in 1962 with brittle bone disease, Brit Kotwal (Kanga) grows up with the support of his middle-class Bombay family, but adulthood brings a series of suicides, accidents, and other disappointments. Kanga played the role of the central autobiographical character at various ages, beginning at age eight. Shown at the 1997 Mill Valley and London film festivals.
- MPAA Rating: Not Rated
- Genre(s): Drama
- Run Time: 98min.
- Theatrical Release Date: 10/30/1998
- Distributor(s): Stratosphere Ent.
- Director(s): Waris Hussein
- Starring: Firdaus Kanga , Souad Faress , Khodus Wadia , Ahsen Bhatti , Mahabanoo Modi Kotwal
- Keywords: activism,handicap
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