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Earth is a 1998 drama film directed by Deepa Mehta, who also served as producer and screenwriter alongside Bapsi Sidhwa. The cast includes Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, Rahul Khanna, and Shabana Azmi, with Azmi also providing narration. The film is based on a work by Sidhwa and features music composed and performed by A. R. Rahman. Cinematography was handled by Giles Nuttgens, with David Hamilton as executive producer.
Produced by Cracking the Earth Films and Goldwyn Films, the movie originates from India and Canada. It is set in Lahore and explores themes of religious violence and the partition of India. The narrative is presented in Hindi and English. The film has a runtime of approximately 101 to 110 minutes and was distributed by Netflix in video on demand format. It is described in the source Women Make Film.
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Film · TMDB
6.6It's 1947 and the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl bears witnesses to tragedy as her ayah is caught between the love of two men and the rising tide of political and religious violence.
Cast
- Aamir Khan as Dil Navaz
- Nandita Das as Shanta
- Rahul Khanna as Hassan
- Maia Sethna as Lenny Sethna
- Kitu Gidwani as Bunty Sethna
- Arif Zakaria as Rustom Sethna
Themes
- based on novel or book
- war of independence
- period drama
- woman director
- partition
- 1940s
- lahore
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- Canada
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- partition of India
- Director
- Deepa Mehta
- Screenwriter
- Bapsi Sidhwa
- Cast member
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda
- Composer
- A. R. Rahman
- Producer
- Deepa Mehta
- Cinematographer
- Giles Nuttgens
- Narrative location
- Lahore
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 759204
- Performer
- A. R. Rahman
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- title
- 1947: Earth
- publication date
- 1998-01-01
- narrator
- Shabana Azmi
- after a work by
- Bapsi Sidhwa
- executive producer
- David Hamilton
- distributed by
- Netflix
- described by source
- Women Make Film
- review score
- 7.3/10
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