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'''Kaizad Gustad''' (born 1968) is an [[ | '''Kaizad Gustad''' (born 1968) is an Indian film director and [[author]] based in [[Mumbai]], [[India]]. He is best known for his 1998 comedy ''[[Bombay Boys]].'' In his career as an author, he has written three books, ''Of No Fixed Address'' published in 1998 by HarperCollins, ''The Road to Mandalay'' and ''7 Storeys''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gustad|first1=Kaizad|title=Of no fixed address.|date=1999|publisher=HarperCollins India|location=New Delhi|isbn=8172233469}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Gustad|first1=Kaizad|title=The road to Mandalay : South East Asia on speed|date=2005|publisher=Below the Line Productions|location=Mumbai, India|isbn=8190316907|edition=1st}}</ref> | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Gustad was born in Bombay (now [[Mumbai]]) into a wealthy [[Parsi]] family.<ref name="jigna">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qlpKOzsOc-IC&q=%22Kaizad+gustad%22+%22of+no+fixed+address%22&pg=PA103 |title= Kaizad Gustad (1968- ) | | Gustad was born in Bombay (now [[Mumbai]]) into a wealthy [[Parsi]] family.<ref name="jigna">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qlpKOzsOc-IC&q=%22Kaizad+gustad%22+%22of+no+fixed+address%22&pg=PA103 |title= Kaizad Gustad (1968- ) |first= Jigna|last= Desai|year= 2003 |isbn= 9780313318856 }}</ref> He has an older brother and a younger sister.<ref name="sify"/> He grew up on a farm in the outskirts of [[Wadi, Karnataka|Wadi]], a town in the [[Kalaburagi district]] of [[Karnataka]], where his father and grandfather owned cinema theaters and a stone quarrying business. He first attended the [[Cathedral and John Connon School]] in Bombay and then studied at [[St. Paul's School, Darjeeling]]. At the age of sixteen, he moved along with his family to [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]. He later attended [[New York University]]'s [[Tisch School of the Arts]] to study film. | ||
At the age of 18, Gustad left home and started traveling to different parts of the world. He kept a diary on his travels and called it "Of No Fixed Address," in reference to the fact that he had no fixed address for three years. He used this diary as the basis for his book of short stories entitled ''Of No Fixed Address,'' which was published in 1998.<ref name="sify">{{cite web|url=http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/interview.php?id=13231924&cid=2398|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031009051950/http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/interview.php?id=13231924&cid=2398|url-status=dead|archive-date=2003-10-09|title=Kaizad's 'Boom' creates a boom in Bollywood!|first=Lata|last=Khubchandani|work=India Syndicate}}</ref> | |||
At the age of 18, Gustad left home and started traveling to different parts of the world. He kept a diary on his travels and called it "Of No Fixed Address," in reference to the fact that he had no fixed address for three years. He used this diary as the basis for his book of short stories entitled ''Of No Fixed Address,'' which was published in 1998.<ref name="sify">{{cite web|url=http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/interview.php?id=13231924&cid=2398|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031009051950/http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/interview.php?id=13231924&cid=2398|url-status=dead|archive-date=2003-10-09|title=Kaizad's 'Boom' creates a boom in Bollywood!| | |||
==Filmography== | ==Filmography== | ||