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| name = Kaizad Gustad<br />
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| birth_date = 1968 <!-- {{Birth date|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}} --><br />
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], India<br />
| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --><br />
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| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
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| known_for = ''[[Bombay Boys]]'' (film)<br>''Of No Fixed Address'' (novel)<br />
| occupation = Film director, Writer<br />
| years active = 1998-present<br />
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'''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><br />
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==Early life==<br />
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.<br />
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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><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
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===Bombay Boys===<br />
At 28, Gustad wrote and directed his debut feature film Bombay Boys. It starred [[Naseeruddin Shah]], Naveen Andrews and Tara Deshpande among others. It was a break out commercial and critical cult success, paving the way for independent cinema in India. It also travelled to several film festivals worldwide and premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 1998, followed by the Vancouver and London Film Festivals. The film was nominated for best film at Verzaubert, [[Berlin]].<ref name="jigna"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/CA4638A088FA03E06525693E005C85D2|title=Better be original than be different|author=Ravi, Joshy|date=10 February 1999|work=The Week}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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===Boom===<br />
Gustad's next film as writer and director was [[Boom (2003 film)|Boom]], which had an ensemble cast like [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Zeenat Aman]], [[Jackie Shroff]], [[Gulshan Grover]], with the debut of supermodels [[Padma Lakshmi]], [[Madhu Sapre]] and [[Katrina Kaif]]. It was released worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|title=Boom|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330082/|website=IMDB}}</ref><br />
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===Later films===<br />
Gustad's third film, [[Bombil and Beatrice]], was a British arthouse film made in English, and his fourth and latest offering was [[Jackpot (2013 film)|Jackpot]], a film set in a casino in Goa, starring [[Sunny Leone]] and Naseeruddin Shah. The premiere of Jackpot was held at PVR Cinemas in Juhu, Mumbai, and was attended by Shah Rukh Khan.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sunny Leone sizzles at Jackpot premiere, Shah Rukh wants her as a co-star|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sunny-leone-sizzles-at-jackpot-premiere-shah-rukh-wants-her-as-a-co-star/1/330973.html|access-date=3 December 2013|agency=India Today}}</ref> It was released worldwide.<br />
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==Incidents==<br />
In May 2010, Gustad was found guilty of negligence leading to the death of Nadia Khan, an assistant producer working on the set of his film Mumbai Central.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bollywood director Gustad sentenced over aide's death|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10157846|work=BBC News}}</ref> Khan was struck by a train near Mumbai's Mahalaxmi station during shooting in May 2004.<ref>{{cite news|title=Filmmaker Kaizad Gustad gets a month in jail for assistant's death|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Filmmaker-Kaizad-Gustad-gets-a-month-in-jail-for-assistants-death/articleshow/5975114.cms|work=Times of India}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Gustad dated Miss World [[Diana Hayden]] in 1998, during the release of Bombay Boys. In January 2004, he married Alexandra Ritt, an American woman. He has two sons, Zahaan and Zakary.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kaizad Gustad weds|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/kaizad-gustad-weds-imagegallery-events-jdwmEzcjjibsi.html|work=Sify}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Kaizad Gustad|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004072/bio|work=IMDb}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|0004072}}<br />
* {{Allmovie name|266336}}<br />
* [https://www.kinopoisk.ru/name/225058/ Kaizad Gustad] at [[Kinopoisk]]<br />
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