Earth (एअर्थ) 1998

Published on December 11, 2012 in Cinema

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Banner	Cracking the Earth Films Inc
Director	Deepa Mehta
Writer	Deepa Mehta
Producer	Anne Masson, Deepa Mehta
Orginal music	A.R. Rahman
Cinematography	Giles Nuttgens
Film Editing	Barry Farrell
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Playback Singers	Sukhwindara Singh, Hariharan, Srinivas, Sujata Trivedi, Sadhana Sargam , Sujata Mohan, Anuradha Sriram ,

Character	Actor/Actress
Dil Navaz, the Ice Candy Man	Aamir Khan
Shanta, the Ayah	Nandita Das
Hassan, the Masseur	Rahul Khanna
Lenny Sethna	Maia Sethna
voice of older Lenny	Shabana Azmi
Bunty Sethna	Kitu Gidwani
Rustom Sethna	Arif Zakaria
Imam Din	Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Refugee Police	Rajendra Kumar
Butcher	Pavan Malhotra

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.

Release date	10-Sep-1999
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Asian Film Festival - Best Film Award
Filmfare Best Male Debut Award - Rahul Khanna
Earth was India's official entry for the 2000 72nd Academy Award for Best Foreign film, but was not included among the final five nominees selected by the AMPAS.

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