it be wonderful to watch roshan seth ( the strict father in 1992 mississippi masala ) and who once again take on the role of a father and head of the family and and more and in such a long journey and set in 1971 bombay and india . besides the closely knit family setting and subject matter include the lost and found of a friendship while the unexpected death of a friend ( somehow the calm smile face of a friend in death in the presence of prayer felt peaceful so gustad noble and roshan character and similarly note ) while a sidewalk artist chain of event the wall a a latrine turn into a shrine shrine into rumble and ash be at once prophetic and philosophical . it pack full of life lesson in different aspect of vary relationship represent between father and son while mother and son while father and little daughter while little daughter and father and mother while longtime colleague while long lose dear friend while even that of a man to man and one whose an innocent slow witted fool . in spite of the tone of the film era and it a colorful film rich in substance and and the strength of the story in textural layer with humor and suspense . for a director who be not indian ( sturla gunnarsson be icelandic ) and he make a political indian or pakistani film . he get into the bone marrow of the life of this parsi portray by roshan seth and whose performance have such nuance and subtlety and and joy . ( there be sing and too . ) the rest of the cast be equally strong represent from om puri the mysterious friend of a friend while soni razdan the endure wife while vrajesh hirjee the argumentative eldest son while sam dastor the longtime office mate while ranjit chowdhry the pavement artist while to a superstitious witch woman of a neighbor while an unbeguiling fool of a man while and a long lost bosom friend it a world of many face and perspective . director gunnarsson have demonstrate sensitivity in the treatment of that time period and subject be well research with attention to detail . he have the good fortune to have sooni taraporevala ( 1992 mississippi masala and 1988 salaam bombay . ) write the script . this be truly a worthwhile journey of a film to partake . along the line of cultural exploration ( road movie style ) and fridrik thor fridriksson 1994 cold fever be an icelandic sojourn about a japanese young man who go across the globe in search of the specific spot to pay his last respect to his parent and dutifully follow memorial ritual for the dead . such demonstrated reverence and cross cultural attention to family tie be heart warm in this day and cyber age .