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Earth

Author: Deepa MehtaAnne MassonDavid HamiltonJhamu SughandAamir KhanAll authors
Publisher: [New York, NY] : New Yorker Video, ©2003.
Series: International cinema
Edition/Format: DVD video : HindiView all editions and formats
Summary:
A romantic drama set in 1947 in Lahore before India and Pakistan became independent, where Hindu, Sikh, Parsee, and Muslim share a peaceful co-existence. Events are seen from the point of view of eight-year-old Lenny, a girl from an affluent Parsee family. Lenny's nanny, Shantya, is involved with the Muslim Masseur. When a train of Muslims arrives at the local depot and all the passengers are found murdered, the  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Feature films., Feature films, Videos (DVD)
Named Person: Bapsi Sidhwa
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Deepa Mehta; Anne Masson; David Hamilton; Jhamu Sughand; Aamir Khan; Nandita Das; Rahul Khanna; Bapsi Sidhwa; Cracking the Earth Films (Firm); New Yorker Video (Firm)
ISBN: 1567302335 9781567302332
OCLC Number: 52190296
Language Note: Dialogue in Hindi, Urdu, Parsi-Gujarati, and Panjabi with optional English subtitles.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1999. Based on the book Cracking India (previously published as: Ice-candy-man) by Bapsi Sidhwa. Letterboxed. Features: original theatrical trailer.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: Not rated.
Description: 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD.
Series Title: International cinema
Responsibility: Cracking the Earth Films, Inc. ; David Hamilton and Jhamu Sughand present ; a Deepa Mehta film ; written and directed by Deepa Mehta ; producers, Deepa Mehta, Anne Masson.
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A romantic drama set in 1947 in Lahore before India and Pakistan became independent, where Hindu, Sikh, Parsee, and Muslim share a peaceful co-existence. Events are seen from the point of view of eight-year-old Lenny, a girl from an affluent Parsee family. Lenny's nanny, Shantya, is involved with the Muslim Masseur. When a train of Muslims arrives at the local depot and all the passengers are found murdered, the various sects turn against each other, and the city is soon aflame.

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