On Wings of Fire (1986)
Maestro Zubin Mehta introduces the history of Zoroastrianism and prophet Zarathushtra in an epic that covers 3500 years of the Zoroastrians, Parsees of India.
- Date of release
- 1986-06-01
- TMDB
- 8.8 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Director
- Cyrus Bharucha
Casting
- Zubin Mehta — Self
- Derek Jacobi — Self
- Nigel Terry — Zarathustra
- Paul Shelley — King Vishtaspa
- Saeed Jaffrey — Jadav Rana, the Hindu King
- Amrish Puri — Nihavand Ruler
- Soni Razdan — Thais
- Nicholas Jones — King Gushnasp
- Erick Avari — Professor
- Tom Alter — Priest
- Lewis Fiander — Tansar
- Oengus MacNamara
Interesting facts
On Wings of Fire is a 1986 English-language Indian film directed by Cyrus Bharucha and starring Zubin Mehta, Paul Shelley, Saeed Jaffrey, Amrish Puri, with Nigel Terry as Zarathustra and Derek Jacobi as the narrator. It is the first and only film to cover the philosophy and history of Zoroastrianism in a scholarly and dramatic way. The film was premiered at Mumbai's Sterling Cinema in June 1986, and was released in the United States in 2001.
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