Earth (1998)
1947: Earth
In 1947, 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.
- Date of release
- 1998-09-16
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (44)
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, History
- Director
- Deepa Mehta
- Collection
- Elements Trilogy
Casting
- Aamir Khan — Dil Navaz
- Nandita Das — Shanta
- Rahul Khanna — Hassan
- Maia Sethna — Lenny Sethna
- Kitu Gidwani — Bunty Sethna
- Arif Zakaria — Rustom Sethna
- Eric Peterson — Mr. Rogers
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda — Imam Din
- Pavan Malhotra — Butcher
- Sunil Mehra — Toto Ramji
- Navtej Singh Johar — Sher Singh
- Raghubir Yadav
Interesting facts
- Based on: Cracking India
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
Earth is a 1998 Indo-Canadian period romance drama film directed by Deepa Mehta. It is based upon Bapsi Sidhwa's novel, Cracking India, set during the 1947 partition of India. Earth is the second instalment of Mehta's Elements trilogy, preceded by Fire (1996) and followed by Water (2005). It was India's entry for the 1999 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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