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Mirza Aziz

An ex-student of Scottish from the 60's (I think). Does not appear much in the press, but he has been a very successful director both on Television and Film. His contributions include directing Nukkad, Circus . His two films have been Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman and Yes Boss

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Mirza Saeed

Another famous director, known for his movies with long names such as "Alert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai", "Mohan Joshi Haazir Ho". Elder brother of Aziz Mirza.

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Narwekar Sanjit

Sanjit Narwekar of the 1967 Senior Cambridge batch is a noted journalist/author/scriptwriter. His most notable achievement is that he bagged the PRESIDENT'S GOLD MEDAL for the Best Book on Cinema for the year 1995. The prize was awarded in 1996. He has written more than 16 books on Indian cinema and over 200 documentaries apart from innumerable articles.

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Reddy Meghana

Channel V VJ who presents the programme Ghat Mania or was it Maangta Hai.

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Roshan Hrithik

Hrithik Roshan Hrithik Roshan is also one of the hottest actors in Bollywood today. He rose to prominence with the hit movie 'Kaho Na Pyaar Hai' and then has had several hits such as 'Koi Mil Gaya', 'Lakshya', ' Krrish' etc.  Hrithik was born on January 10th, 1974 and his nickname is Duggu.  Hrithik's first movie role was as a child artist when he was six years old in the 1980 movie Aasha, when he appeared in a dance sequence as an extra. He went on to appear as a child artist in Aap Ki Deewane (1980) and Bhagwan Dada (1986).

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Sadhana Kamal

(1987) Another movie star. His debut film was Bekhudi with Kajol.

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A lot of students from BSS have gone on to become famous personalities in their field of work. If you know any such person, please send me a small note about their achievements and I will add it to this page. One of the names that comes to mind is Aamir Khan.

This page looks very filmy and its probably because they are in the press more, but that is not the intent. :-) I am sure that there are a lot of other students who have gone on to achieve greatness. Please let me know. Thanks to Mustafa Eisa, Harkishin Thadani and Vinod Nair for the information.


There are many news stories that appear in the newspaper and on the Internet. This section contains news articles that are related to Bombay Scottish school. If you have any news items to submit, please send me the link or the news

 


I have managed to collect a few images of the school, most of which are contributions from ex-students. I have organized the photos by category. If you have any images you would like to share, please do contact me.

Bombay Scottish School Businesses 

Many of our ex-students are currently running their own businesses and this section of the website lists those businesses. If you would like your business listed here, please drop me a note.

 

 
Bombay Scottish School, by night

Mapping history of one of city's finest schools
By Noel Keymer - Times of India, Feb 25, 2000

The year was 1847. A small group of Scottish missionaries decide to start a new school. The main objective of the school being to give Scottish orphan children an education so that they could take their rightful place in society as, `honourable and respected citizens'. The missionaries jump started their plan by acquiring a large plot at Mahim bay and started constructing the school, now officially dubbed, `The Bombay Scottish Orphanage'.

Bombay Scottish Orphanage started off humbly with just 12 students, but was still an imposing edifice. Built in the colonial style, it was a single storeyed structure constructed of black granite. The ground floor accommodated the school offices, a chapel cum hall, and two massive bathing rooms. Today, almost a century and a half later, the ancient pantry serves as a staff room for teachers, the bathing rooms and the toilet blocks have been converted into class rooms and computer rooms. And the old chapel is now a hall, called the McKay Hall, in loving memory of its first principal, Adam McKay.

But the hands of time do not change some things. Like the discipline and strict teaching standards, and more materialistically, the 105-year-old Grand Piano, which is still played at assembly everyday, or the 150-year-old banyan tree in the quadrangle, on which many a young boy has skinned his knees while climbing, or while swinging Tarzan-like, from its leafy vines.

Today, Scottish, as the school is lovingly called, boasts a spanking new three storey building, which houses numerous classrooms, a gym and a computer room, and thankfully, the old and the new architecture blend harmoniously together. Bombay Scottish - it's a name to reckon with. A landmark in every sense of the word. An epitome of good education and discipline, and considered by many to be one of the finest schools in the country. On February 18, Bombay Scottish saw students - past and present congregate to celebrate its 153rd founders day, and God willing may it grow in stature and may its present teachers and students take it to new undiscovered heights.