Earth

Name: Earth
Director: Deepa Mehta
Released: 1998-01-01

1999 film by Deepa Mehta

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Also known as 1947: Earth

Released: 1998
Director: Deepa Mehta
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Screenwriter: Deepa Mehta
, Bapsi Sidhwa
Producer: Deepa Mehta
Cast: Aamir Khan
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, Nandita Das
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, Rahul Khanna
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, Maia Sethna
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Runtime: 110 min
Genre: drama film
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, romance film
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, war film
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Country of origin: India
, Canada

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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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Title: 1947: Earth
Part of the series: Elements trilogy follows: Fire · followed by: Water
Director of photography: Giles Nuttgens
Main subject: religious violence
partition of India
Based on: Cracking India author: Bapsi Sidhwa
Narrative location: Lahore
Narrator: Shabana Azmi
After a work by: Bapsi Sidhwa
Color: color
Film editor: none
Executive producer: David Hamilton
Performer: A. R. Rahman
BBFC rating: 15 certificate rating certificate id: AZF155905
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Distribution format: video on demand
Review score: 86%(October 7, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 36 critic review
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7.3/10(October 7, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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Nominations: International Submission to the Academy Awards(2000) subject named as: Earth · significant event: 75th Academy Awards · nominee: India
RARS rating: 12+
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Has characteristic: film based on a literary work

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