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February 21, 2006
Earth
Deepa Mehta's 1947:Earth
Date: February 24th
Time: 7:00 pm
Place: School of Social Work, Room #1636
This is the second in Deepa Mehta's 'Fire-Earth-Water' trilogy. Largely based on author Bapsi Sidhwa's own experiences in pre-Partition times, the story is told by the daughter of a well-to-do Parsee businessman - the precocious brace-legged Lenny. Her Hindu aayah (nanny) falls in love with a Muslim masseur which does not go down well with her other admirer (an ice-candy man). Powerfully told, it wistfully recalls love and friendship and its fragile existence as love turns to hate and friends become deadly enemies. It's a story of love that becomes impossible because of lines drawn by departing colonial rulers. The story of the small community mirrors the larger story of the Partition of British India into two countries - India and Pakistan in 1947.
Starring: Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, Rahul Khanna, Gulshan Grover, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Kitu Gidwani
(Running time: 110 min)
Posted by hparikh at February 21, 2006 08:40 PM