Age: 65
Home: Bangalore, India
Height: 5' 6"

EXPERIENCE WITH MOTORCYCLES

My family was full of motorcycles so I can say I grew up with them. As soon as my feet could touch the ground I started to ride. The first bikes I rode were a 1947 model Norton 500 ES2, HRD Vincent 1000cc, BSA Gold Stars and such. Since then I have never looked back. In Indian mythology all Gods have a their vehicles. Ganesha has a rat, Saraswati has a swan.... I am not one but my destined vehicle is a motorcycle.

BIOGRAHPHY

Navroze Contractor is from Ahmedabad and studied at Shreyas High School. He obtained a BA (Fine Arts) degree in painting and photography at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M. S. University of Baroda. His interest in cinema took him to the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. Here he studied film direction and cinematography. He further studied photography with Bhupendra Karia and studied cinematography with Laszlo Kovacs in USA. He also studied video production at Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.

He has had five one man shows of his still photographs: one in Bombay, two in Bangalore and two in San Francisco, USA. His photographs of jazz musicians are in the collection of the Smithsonian Museum, Washington DC, USA. He has taken photography and film workshops at the School Of Architecture, Ahmedabad, NID at Ahmedabad, IIM in Bangalore, Pomona State University, California, USA and at the University of the Andes at Merida, Venezuela. He particularly enjoys taking photography, film and art workshops with primary school children around India.

FACTS

Your favourite musical artist: John Coltrane
Your favorite animal: Horse
Your favourite heroes in fiction: Indiana Jones
Your favourite sport (not motorcycling!): Cricket
Your favourite hobby: Jazz music
Your favourite heroes in real life: Ho Chi Minh, Edmond Hillary, Elvin Jones 
Your favourite place in the world: any uninhabited place
Your favourite food and drink: Oriental and single malts
Your favourite MotoGP rider: Mike Hailwood, Mik Doohan, Valentino Rossi