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EARTH

By Deepa MEHTA

MÉTROPOLE FILMS DISTRIBUTION - as DISTR TV, VOD, CANADA

Romance - Completed 1998

- Year of production
- 1998
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Countries
- INDIA, CANADA
- Director(s)
- Deepa MEHTA
- ISAN
- 0000-0000-F704-0000-C-0000-0000-1
- EIDR
- 10.5240/76D6-E6B2-9C8D-B3DD-1B4D-D
- Synopsis
- A young girl with polio, Lenny (Maia Sethna), narrates the story through the voice of her adult self (Shabana Azmi). She is from a wealthy Parsi family who hopes to remain neutral to the rising tensions between Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims in the area. She is adored and protected by her parents, Bunty (Kitu Gidwani) and Rustom (Arif Zakaria) and is cared for by her Ayah, the beautiful Hindu woman, Shanta (Nandita Das). Both Dil, the Ice-Candy Man (Aamir Khan) and Hassan, the Masseur (Rahul Khanna) are Muslim and in love with Shanta.