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Earth [videorecording] / written and directed by Deepa Mehta ; producers, Deepa Mehta, Anne Masson ; Cracking the Earth Films, Inc.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: NYV 78103 | New Yorker VideoLanguage: Hindi, Urdu, Undetermined Summary language: English Original language: Hindi Series: International cinemaPublication details: [New York, NY] : New Yorker Video, c2003.Description: 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1567302335
  • 9781567302332
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • CM DVD 00085
Production credits:
  • Cinematography, Giles Nuttgens ; editor, Barry Farrell ; music, A.R. Rahman.
Cast: Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, Rahul Khanna, Maia Sethna.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 various sects turn against each other, and the city is soon aflame.
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DVD.

Dialogue in Hindi, Urdu, Parsee and Punjabi with optional English subtitles.

Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, Rahul Khanna, Maia Sethna.

Cinematography, Giles Nuttgens ; editor, Barry Farrell ; music, A.R. Rahman.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1999.

Based on the book Cracking India (previously published as: Ice-candy-man) by Bapsi Sidhwa.

Letterboxed.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

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.

Features: original theatrical trailer.

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