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Earth

Earth (1998)Cast and Crew

Movie

Cast

A
Aamir Khan
as Dil Navaz
N
Nandita Das
as Shanta
R
Rahul Khanna
as Hassan
M
Maia Sethna
as Lenny Sethna
K
Kitu Gidwani
as Bunty Sethna
A
Arif Zakaria
as Rustom Sethna
E
Eric Peterson
as Mr. Rogers
K
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
as Imam Din
P
Pavan Malhotra
as Butcher
S
Sunil Mehra
as Toto Ramji
N
Navtej Singh Johar
as Sher Singh
R
Raghubir Yadav
K
Kabir Chowdhury
G
Gulshan Grover
C
Cinia Jain
L
Lauren Walker
as Mrs. Rogers

Crew

D
Deepa Mehta
Producer
A
A. R. Rahman
Original Music Composer
A
Anne Masson
Producer
D
Deepa Mehta
Screenplay
B
Bapsi Sidhwa
Novel
D
Deepa Mehta
Director
G
Giles Nuttgens
Director of Photography
J
Jhamu Sughand
Executive Producer
D
David Hamilton
Executive Producer
B
Barry Farrell
Editor

Elements Trilogy

The Elements trilogy of films by Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta deals with controversial issues of social reform on the Indian subcontinent. Fire, the first release in 1996, dealt with issues of arranged marriage and homosexuality in the patriarchal culture of India. Earth, released in 1998, dealt with the religious strife associated with the partition of India and the formation of Pakistan in the mid-20th century. Water, released in 2005, was the most critically successful of the three, and dealt with suicide, misogyny, and the mistreatment of widows in rural India.