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Earth is a canadien film of genre Drama directed by Deepa Mehta released in USA on 16 september 1998 with Aamir Khan
Earth (1998)
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Add to a movie listEarth (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.
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The story is set in Lahore in the time period directly before and during the partition of India in 1947.Actors
Aamir Khan
(Dil Navaz)
Nandita Das
(Shanta)
Rahul Khanna
(Hassan)
Shabana Azmi
(older Lenny, narrator)
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
(Imam Din)
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