Writing

Farrukh Dhondy

Born

1944-01-01 (82)

Known for

Writing

Credits

11 titles

Known for

Mastiii 4 poster
5.8

Three frustrated husbands seek freedom from their dull marriages. A wild idea promises escape and excitement. But what follows is anything but expected.

Mastiii 4

2025

Mangal Pandey - The Rising poster
6.0

The film begins in 1857, when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a sepoy, a soldier of Indian origin, in the army of the East India Company. Pandey is fighting in the Anglo-Afghan Wars and saves the life of his British commanding officer, William Gordon. Gordon is indebted to Pandey and a strong friendship develops between them, transcending both rank and race.

Mangal Pandey - The Rising

2005

Kisna poster
7.0

The film is set in the India of the tumultuous 1930's when nationalists fighting for the country's independence rose up as one, urging the British to quit. At this time, a young Indian, Kisna befriends and then shields a British girl Katherine, from an enraged mob of nationalists including Kisna's own uncle and brother. Katherine is the young daughter of a ruthless British collector. Kisna takes it upon himself to escort Katherine to the safety of the British High Commission in New Delhi, who will arrange for her to board a ship home. A tender attraction develops between Kisna and Katherine during the journey, a love story that is torn between 'Karma' (the noble deed) and 'Dharma' (the duty). Laxmi, the Indian girl Kisna is engaged to, forms the third point in an emotional triangle involving the Indo-British romantic pair

Kisna

2005

Red Mercury poster
5.3

Three young Muslim men, part of a terror cell, are making a bomb in a London flat, when they get a call to vacate immediately with their gear. The police have been alerted and they are under suspicion.

Red Mercury

2005

American Daylight poster
4.3

A young Indian woman works as an operator for a US bank that outsourced its call center to India. The bank's young local manager becomes interested in her and offers her to help him game the system and make some real money.

American Daylight

2006

Black and White in Colour poster
10.0

A two part documentary that details the contribution of black and Asian people to television history from the birth of television in 1936 to 1992. Interviewees include: Pearl Connor, Thomas Baptiste, Lenny Henry, Norman Beaton, Horace Ové, Carmen Munroe, and Stuart Hall.

Black and White in Colour

1992

Film credits

Behind the camera

Mastiii 4 poster
5.8

Three frustrated husbands seek freedom from their dull marriages. A wild idea promises escape and excitement. But what follows is anything but expected.

Mastiii 4

2025

Mangal Pandey - The Rising poster
6.0

The film begins in 1857, when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a sepoy, a soldier of Indian origin, in the army of the East India Company. Pandey is fighting in the Anglo-Afghan Wars and saves the life of his British commanding officer, William Gordon. Gordon is indebted to Pandey and a strong friendship develops between them, transcending both rank and race.

Mangal Pandey - The Rising

2005

Kisna poster
7.0

The film is set in the India of the tumultuous 1930's when nationalists fighting for the country's independence rose up as one, urging the British to quit. At this time, a young Indian, Kisna befriends and then shields a British girl Katherine, from an enraged mob of nationalists including Kisna's own uncle and brother. Katherine is the young daughter of a ruthless British collector. Kisna takes it upon himself to escort Katherine to the safety of the British High Commission in New Delhi, who will arrange for her to board a ship home. A tender attraction develops between Kisna and Katherine during the journey, a love story that is torn between 'Karma' (the noble deed) and 'Dharma' (the duty). Laxmi, the Indian girl Kisna is engaged to, forms the third point in an emotional triangle involving the Indo-British romantic pair

Kisna

2005

Red Mercury poster
5.3

Three young Muslim men, part of a terror cell, are making a bomb in a London flat, when they get a call to vacate immediately with their gear. The police have been alerted and they are under suspicion.

Red Mercury

2005

American Daylight poster
4.3

A young Indian woman works as an operator for a US bank that outsourced its call center to India. The bank's young local manager becomes interested in her and offers her to help him game the system and make some real money.

American Daylight

2006

Take 3 Girls poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Take 3 Girls

2006

The Interview: Night of 26/11 poster
6.7

A veteran war correspondent finds himself drawn into an actress`s intriguing world. Is she for real or is she a better actress than he thinks she is?

The Interview: Night of 26/11

2021

No artwork available
NR

A young Parsi woman's quest exploring the mysteries of a magical book which contains the essence of the message of the first prophet and addresses the concerns of her dwindling community.

The Path of Zarathustra

2015

To Turn a Blind Eye poster
NR

Written by Farrukh Dhondy. Blind Mr. Homersham lives alone with no one to care for him, but then he meets young Jamshyd. Being blind Mr. Homesham does not know or care that Jamshyd is Asian, until his son introduces prejudice into the relationship. 

To Turn a Blind Eye

1982