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Earth (1998)

Movie
Audience Score
66
Earth
NR 1 hr 41 minSep 16th, 1998History, Drama, RomanceElements Trilogy PosterPart of Elements Trilogy
It's 1947 and 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.
StarringAamir KhanNandita DasRahul Khanna
DirectorDeepa Mehta

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:September 16th, 1998
On DVD & Blu-ray:April 8th, 2003 - Buy DVD
Movie Box Office Gross:$528,972 (Worldwide)
Original Language:Hindi
Executive Producers:Jhamu Sughand, David Hamilton
Production Companies:Cracking the Earth Films, Goldwyn Films
Movie Tags:
woman directorbased on novel or book1940speriod dramawar of independencepartitionlahore

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.