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| Earth | 
 enlarge | Director: Deepa Mehta
Actors: Maia Sethna, Nandita Das, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Babby Singh, Kitu Gidwani
Studio: New Yorker Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  35 reviews
Sales Rank: 12178
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Hindi (Original Language), Punjabi (Original Language), Urdu (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 101 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D78103D
ISBN: 1567302335
UPC: 717119781347
EAN: 9781567302332
ASIN: B00008R9KP
Theatrical Release Date: 1998
Release Date: April 15, 2003
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
A tragedy set against the ethnic violence of India's independence in 1947, the second film in Deepa Mehta's elemental India trilogy is even more incendiary than her controversial Fire. Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, and Parsees alike buzz like bees around the lovely flower Shanta (Nandita Das), the Hindu nanny of sheltered 8-year-old Parsee girl Lenny-baby. This sunny Eden of racial harmony plunges into darkness when independence brings the partition of the empire and sets ethnic groups against one another in civil war. As seen through the naive eyes of little Lenny-baby, Earth is more tragic melodrama than social history, but what Mehta's adaptation of Bapsi Sidhwa's autobiographical novel Cracking India lacks in insight, it makes up for in fiery imagery, emotional passion, and a heavy-hearted longing for the paradise lost. --Sean Axmaker
Description
Earth, The second film in Deepa Mehta's controversial trilogy is an emotionally devastating love story set within the sweeping social upheaval and violence of 1947 India. As her country teeters on the brink of self rule and instability, 8-year old Lenny, an innocent girl from an affluent family, is in danger of having her world turned upside down. As the simmering violence around them reaches a boiling point, Lenny's beautiful nanny Shanta (Nandita Das) falls in love with one of Lenny's heroes,… the charismatic and peace-advocating Hassan. Love, however, can be dangerous when religious differences are tearing the country apart, and friendships and loyalty are put to the test. Building to a shattering climax, Earth is a devastating human drama in which desire unfolds into a stirring tale of love and the ultimate betrayal.
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 Mehta's Earth divided by religion. November 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Deepa Mehta is best known for her extraordinary trilogy: Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005). Based upon Bapsi Sidhwa's autobiographical novel, Cracking India, the second film in the series, Earth, tells the epic tale of the 1947 partition of the British Indian Empire from the perspective of a disabled eight-year-old Parsi girl named "Lenny-baby" (Maia Sethna). Lenny lives with one of her legs in a brace. Her beautiful Hindu nanny, Shanta (Nandita Das), falls in love with a Muslim masseur, Hasan (Rahul Khanna), but also likes Dil Navaz (Aamir Khan), also known as "Ice Candy Man." Dil loves Shanta, and hopes that one day she will be his wife. Lenny observes eveything around her. When Muslim passengers are found murdered on a train, tensions erupt between Muslims and Hindus, resulting in mob violence and arson. Religious differences divide their country, but Shanta and Hasan are united by their love. As Lenny bears witness to the unfolding civil war around her, Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, Parsees, and Christians find themselves at odds with one another, and Ice Candy Man is transformed from a friend into a madman. The film features mesmerizing imagery and a beautiful soundtrack composed by A. R. Rahman. Earth resonates on many levels. It is sensual, intelligent, and beautiful. Highly recommended.
G. Merritt
Devastating Film on the Partition of India September 26, 2008
This is a devastating film about the partition of India seen through the eyes of a little girl in Lahore. A wealthy family Parsee family who follow the religion Zoroastrianism (which is an ancient Persian religion) have a beautiful Hindu nanny who attracts the young men and the family dotes after. As the independence of India nears and the partition of India becomes more likely, the tension between Muslims and Hindus are intense. While Sikhs and Parsees tend to live on the sidelines, they find it difficult to resist the pressures of the Muslim majority. The hatred of Hindus grow. What can a little girl make of the tension and how does her nanny feel about all this?
 Not as good as "Water" April 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I gravitated toward this movie after seeing "Water," which I thought was amazing. "Earth" seemed to me to be, though ambitious in scope and subject, a much less accomplished film--somewhat pedantic and leaden, awkward and fragmented. The characters all too obviously stand in for aspects of the social and political landscape, whereas in "Water," the characters' stories and relationships with each other, while embodying larger issues, were for me much more involving, immediate, vivid, and poignant. I think Mehta grew enormously as a filmmaker between making these films.
Devastation on Film February 6, 2008
I decided that because Water and Fire were such brilliant films, I had to see Earth as well. Deepa Mehta is an unbelievably remarkable film-maker, and I knew that Earth would be up to her usual genius - beautiful shots, tenderness and pain, all I have come to expect from her. Earth, however, so aptly titled, went far beyond what I expected. First of all, its educational aspect cannot be overlooked - I thought I knew Indian history, but things on a page are very different from the visceral definition of what they mean captured on film. The sudden barbarism of people who had lived peacefully side by side for centuries, is beautifully rendered using a group of friends who represent all the factions that emerged at Britian's departure from and catastrophic division of India. The agony of loss and suffering of love are painted so believably by this most intelligent and creative director that you are there, aching with the characters. Earth is a painfully beautiful film, devastating and gorgeous at once, and totally, frighteningly, unforgettable.
Earth July 12, 2007
This child's-eye view of historic unrest in newly postcolonial India, which erupted in violence after independence and the creation of Muslim Pakistan, is a timely film about ethnic and religious conflict wrapped around a story of forbidden love. Seductive and sorrowful, "Earth" boasts fine acting - including a rousing turn by Aamir Khan, as Shanta's lover-turned-embittered-bigot, Ice Candy Man - and exquisite, honey-hued photography by lensman Giles Nuttgens.
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