Percy

Percy (1989)

There is something comical and pathetic about Percy, an awkward young man of 28, living alone with his aged mother in an old house tucked away in the Parsi colony in Bombay -- a very middle-class setting. Though Banubai, Percy's mother, utterly dominates Percy's life, she does so with love and kindness. Percy holds a clerical position in a small Unani pharmacy, famous for its sexual restoratives. It is only at his place of work, where he wields some power, that Percy displays a measure of authority and self-assurance. One day, Percy discovers a fraud in the office accounts, as a consequence of which one of the junior employees is sacked. This event has far-reaching consequences in the lives of Percy and Banubai. Percy's peace is soon to be shattered.

Date of release
1989-01-01
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (4)
Runtime
2h 4m
Genres
Drama
Director
Pervez Merwanji

Casting

Interesting facts

Percy is a 1989 Indian Parsi Gujarati comedy drama film directed by Pervez Merwanji. The film is about a Parsi boy from Bombay. The film was well received and won the 1989 Best Gujarati Film Award at the National Film Awards. It was Zenobia Shroff's film debut.

Production

Percy is based on the short story by Gujarati writer Cyrus Mistry written in 1976. It was produced by National Film Development Corporation. Percy remained the only feature film of documentary and television director Pervez Merwanji, who died two years after its production. Several well-known actors of the Bombay Parsi Theater appeared in the film and he uses the self-irony typical for Parsi plays.

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