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Earth (1998 film)

1947 Earth
1947 Earth film poster Aamir Khan.jpg
Directed by Deepa Mehta
Produced by Anne Masson
Deepa Mehta
Story by Deepa Mehta
Starring Aamir Khan
Rahul Khanna
Maia Sethna
Nandita Das
Narrated by Shabana Azmi
Music by A. R. Rahman
Cinematography Giles Nuttgens
Edited by Barry Farrell
Release date
  • 10 September 1999 (1999-09-10)
Running time
101 minutes
Country Canada
India
Language Hindi
1947: Earth
Soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman
Released 1998 (India)
Recorded Panchathan Record Inn
Genre Film soundtrack
Label T-Series
Producer A.R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman chronology
Dil Se..
(1998)
1947: Earth
(1998)
Doli Saja Ke Rakhna
(1998)

Earth (released in India as 1947: Earth) is a 1998 Indian period drama film directed by Deepa Mehta. It is based upon Bapsi Sidhwa's novel, Cracking India, (1991, U.S.; 1992, India; originally published as Ice Candy Man, 1988, England). Earth is the second installment of Mehta's Elements trilogy. It was preceded by Fire (1996) and followed by Water (2005). It was India's entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

The story is set in Lahore in the time period directly before and during the partition of India in 1947.

A young girl with polio, Lenny (Maia Sethna), narrates the story through the voice of her adult self (Shabana Azmi). She is from a wealthy Parsi family who hopes to remain neutral to the rising tensions between Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims in the area. She is adored and protected by her parents, Bunty (Kitu Gidwani) and Rustom (Arif Zakaria) and is cared for by her Ayah, a beautiful Hindu woman, Shanta (Nandita Das). Both Dil Navaz, the Ice-Candy Man (Aamir Khan) and Hassan, the Masseur (Rahul Khanna) are Muslim and in love with Shanta. Shanta, Dil, and Hassan are part of a small group of friends from different faiths (some of whom work for Lenny's family) who spend their days together in the park. With partition, however, this once unified group of friends becomes divided and tragedy ensues..


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