Firdaus Kanga

This article has multiple issues. Please help or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (March 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) This article includes a list of general references, but it remains largely unverified because it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (March 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Firdaus Kanga
Language	English language

Firdaus Kanga (Born in 1960, age 61[counted in 2021]) is an Indian writer and actor who lives in London. He has written a novel, Trying to Grow a semi-autobiographical novel set in India and a travel book Heaven on Wheels about his experiences in the United Kingdom where he met Stephen Hawking. Trying to Grow was later turned into a film, Sixth Happiness, for which Kanga wrote the screenplay, and in which he starred.

Early and personal life[]

Kanga is from a Parsi family.^[1] He was born in 1960 in Mumbai. Until fourth grade, Kanga was tutored in home after which he joined the Campion School in Mumbai. He is 4 ft (122 cm) tall and is a writer, journalist and actor in his written movie "Sixth Happiness".

He is also the author of Heaven on Wheels. He lives in London England. His nick name is Pranav

References[]

External links[]

• Firdaus Kanga biography and credits at the BFI's Screenonline
• Article by Kanga on the BBC website
• Sixth Happiness -- a BBC-BFI film that won the EMMA award
• Article about Kanga and his film on the website for The Independent newspaper
• Trying to Grow by Kanga -- republished in November 2008 by Penguin India
• New York Times review of Kanga's film Sixth Happiness
• Kanga in a New York Times review of history of homosexuality in Indian literary history