Firdaus Kanga (b. 1960, Bombay) is a 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. "Trying to Grow" was later turned into am award-winning BBC-BFI film, "Sixth Happiness", for which Kanga wrote the screenplay, and in which he starred. Wikipedia
Bombay, 1962: Sera Kotwal (Souad Faress) gives birth to Brit (Firdaus Kanga), a boy whose bones are so brittle that he can just hiccup and break a rib. www.bfi.org.uk/booksvideo/video/details/sixthhappiness/
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