The Other Mr. Gandhi
When I was 8 years old, India and Pakistan fought a brief war that ended with the creation of Bangladesh. My father was a pilot in the Indian Air Force at the time. The Other Mr. Gandhi is loosely based on my experiences of the war, my memories of Bombay (now Mumbai) when I was a young man, and my life as a foreign student in America. I wrote and created the play in total isolation, with no collaborators, before presenting it to a theater audience.
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The Other Mr. Gandhi
In December 1971 war breaks out between India and Pakistan, and Squadron Leader Rusi Gandhi, a pilot in the Indian Air Force, is sent on a bombing mission into Pakistan. His fate, and that of his wife and children, are the subject of this fictional drama about a Parsi family from Mumbai, and how their lives are interwoven with the ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan. The Parsis are Zoroastrians who emigrated to India from Iran in the 10th century.
The video clip was recorded at Dreamland Arts in 2013 for archival purposes.
“This performance was stunning in its simplicity and clarity.” MPR Art Hounds 2012 Theater and Dance Highlights
The Other Mr. Gandhi
Written, performed, designed and directed by Zaraawar Mistry
This project is truly a one-man play; there were no other artists or technicians involved in its creation or performance.
The Other Mr. Gandhi premiered at Dreamland Arts in St. Paul in February 2012 and opened Illusion Theater’s 25th Fresh Ink series in July 2012.