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EARTH is a lush and passionate film that opens in 1947, before India and Pakistan became independent. Lahore is a cosmopolitan city seen through the eyes of a group of working class friends from di...
EARTH is a lush and passionate film that opens in 1947, before India and Pakistan became independent. Lahore is a cosmopolitan city seen through the eyes of a group of working class friends from different religions. Metha chronicles the fate of this group and the maddening religious fervour that sweeps the region as the partition of the two countries is decided and Lahore is ceded to Pakistan.
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- Creator
- David Hamilton and Jhamu Sughand present ; a Deepa Mehta film ; written and directed by Deepa Mehta ; producers, Deepa Mehta, Anne Masson
- Other Title
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- Also known as: 1947 Earth
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Languages
- Hindi, English, Urdu, Panjabi, Pahlavi
- Contributors
- Publication
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- [Montreal, QC] : Distributed by Seville Pictures ; [Burbank, CA] : Warner Home Video, 2005
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- OCLC
- ocn587209771
- Credits
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- Cast: Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, Rahul Khanna, Maia Sethna, Kitu Gidwani, Kulbushan Kharbanda
- Executive producers, David Hamilton, Jhamu Sughand; director of photography, Giles Nuttgens; editor, Barry Farrell; original music composed by A.R. Rahman; lyrics, Javed Akhtar; costume designer, Dolly Ahluwalia Tewari
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1998.
- Based on the book Cracking India (Previously published as: Ice-candy-man) by Bapsi Sidhwa.
- Special features: Trailer.
- DVD; Region 1; Full-screen presentation; Dolby Digital.
- In Hindi, Urdu, Parsee and Punjabi with English subtitles or French dubbed version.