Earth (1998)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 50min
- Drama, Romance
- 07 Jul 1999 (Belgium)
- Movie
It's 1947 and the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl witnesses tragedy as her ayah (nanny) is caught between the love of two men and the rising tide of political and religious violence.
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Awards:
- 3 wins & 6 nominations.
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Cast
| Aamir Khan | ... |
Dil Navaz
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| Nandita Das | ... |
Shanta
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| Rahul Khanna | ... |
Hassan, the Masseur
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| Maia Sethna | ... |
Lenny Sethna
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Babby Singh | ... |
Yousaf
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| Kitu Gidwani | ... |
Bunty Sethna
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| Raghubir Yadav | ... |
Hariya / Himmat Ali
(as Raghuvir Yadav)
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Kabir Chowdhury | ... |
Cousin Adi
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| Arif Zakaria | ... |
Rustom Sethna
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| Eric Peterson | ... |
Mr. Rogers (IG)
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| Gulshan Grover | ... |
Mr. Singh
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Lauren Walker | ... |
Mrs. Rogers
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Cinia Jain | ... |
Mrs. Singh
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Navtej Singh Johar | ... |
Sher Singh
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| Pawan Malhotra | ... |
Butcher
(as Pavan Malhotra)
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| Sunil Mehra | ... |
Toto Ramji
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| Kulbhushan Kharbanda | ... |
Imam Din
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Roshan Banu | ... |
Papoo
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Radhika Singh | ... |
Muchoo
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Varun Mehta | ... |
Boy at bioscope
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Mahesh Gahalot | ... |
Muslim father
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Gatanjill Chopra | ... |
Muslim mother
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Sahiba Chopra | ... |
Daughter
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Sia Chopra | ... |
Daughter
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Annabelle | ... |
Daughter
(as Annabelle)
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Sandeep Singh | ... |
Little Sikh boy
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Rahul Ram | ... |
Young Sikh man
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Ravinder Kumar | ... |
Young Muslim man
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Veer Prakash Nayar | ... |
Papoo's groom
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Babloo | ... |
Chotay
(as Bablu)
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Ashok Jain | ... |
Refugee police
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Pradeep Kapoor | ... |
Station master
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| Jaaved Jaaferi | ... |
Radio announcer
(as Javed Jaffrey)
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| Hussain Kuwajerwala | ... |
Muslim man quartered
(as Hussain)
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Malani Ramani | ... |
Cousin Adi's mother
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Arif | ... |
Refugee boy
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Mohini Mathur | ... |
Sher Singh's mother
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Mayura Baweja | ... |
Sher Singh's sister
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Madhavendra | ... |
Mob leader
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Mohammed Irshad | ... |
Moti
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Sagar Zakhmi | ... |
Mob member
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Avinash Nimeshswami | ... |
Mob member
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Nagesh Salwan | ... |
Mob member
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Adil Sheikh | ... |
Mob member
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Anil Chandra Prakash | ... |
Mob member
(as Anil Prakash)
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Bapsi Sidhwa | ... |
Older Lenny
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Kabir Singh Chowdhry | ... |
Cousin Adi
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Vinod Nahardih | ... |
Mob member
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| Shabana Azmi | ... |
Older Lenny (uncredited) (voice)
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Directed by
| Deepa Mehta | ||
Written by
| Deepa Mehta | ... | (writer) |
| Bapsi Sidhwa | ... | (novel "Cracking India") |
Produced by
| Sean Atkinson | ... | post-production producer |
| David Hamilton | ... | executive producer |
| Anne Masson | ... | producer |
| Deepa Mehta | ... | producer |
| Dilip Mehta | ... | creative producer |
| Jhamu Sughand | ... | executive producer |
| Tulsidas Sughand | ... | co-producer |
Music by
| A.R. Rahman | ||
Cinematography by
| Giles Nuttgens | ||
Editing by
| Barry Farrell | ||
Editorial Department
| Kelly Black | ... | post-production coordinator |
| Jacqueline Carmody | ... | first assistant picture editor |
| David Craven | ... | post-production: UK |
| Barry Farrell | ... | supervising editor |
| Leanne McCarthy | ... | first assistant picture editor |
| Ricardo Olivero | ... | color timer |
Casting By
| Uma Da Cunha | ||
Production Design by
| Aradhana Seth | ||
| Tulsidas Sughand | ||
Art Direction by
| Aradhana Seth | ||
Set Decoration by
| Malavika Talukder | ||
Costume Design by
| Dolly Ahluwalia | ... | (as Dolly Ahluwalia Tewari) |
Makeup Department
| Bittoo | ... | assistant makeup artist |
| Nicole Demers | ... | makeup artist |
| Babita John | ... | assistant hair stylist |
| Debra Johnson | ... | key makeup artist (as Debra Henderson) |
Production Management
| Iqbal Kidwai | ... | unit manager |
| Anil Shoraj Sharma | ... | production assistant (as Anil Sharma) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Monsoon Bissell | ... | third assistant director: cast |
| Dylan Gray | ... | first assistant director (as D. Dylan Gray) |
| Irfan Jamiawala | ... | assistant director |
| Rajendra Kumar | ... | third assistant director: set (as Kumar Rajendra) |
| Péter Palátsik | ... | second assistant director |
| Harveer Singh | ... | third assistant director: extras |
Art Department
| Nitin Bhatt | ... | set production assistant |
| Rammilan Chaubey | ... | prop assistant (as Ram Milan Choubey) |
| Om Prakash Choubey | ... | prop assistant |
| Mohammed Hafiz | ... | prop assistant |
| Rumana Hamied | ... | assistant set dresser |
| Dattu Kadam | ... | carpenter |
| Yashwant S. Kamble | ... | head painter (as Yeshwant S. Kamble) |
| Shefali Karamchandani | ... | set production assistant |
| Narinder Nagar | ... | property man |
| Shambu Nath | ... | stand-by props |
| Vijay Parshuram | ... | painter |
| Sumit Punjwani | ... | property man |
| Koel Purie | ... | set production assistant (as Koel Puri) |
| Pradip Redij | ... | assistant art director |
| Mingi Rekbal | ... | prop assistant |
| Arshad Sardar | ... | art department assistant |
| Dilip Shah | ... | art department assistant (as Anal Dilip Shah) |
| Ashok Sharma | ... | art department electrician |
| Ayesha Sood | ... | storekeeper |
| Ben Spencer | ... | second assistant art director (as William Spencer) |
| Malavika Talukder | ... | set dresser (as Malavika Talukdar) |
| Loveleen Tandan | ... | set production assistant |
| Yogender Tyagi | ... | assistant props master (as Yogender 'Munna' Tyagi) |
| Daulat Vaid | ... | art department runner |
| Arun Venugopol | ... | key set production assistant |
| Arjun Vishwakarma | ... | carpenter |
| Lavajaree Vishwakarma | ... | construction coordinator |
Sound Department
| Vince Agostini | ... | foley recordist |
| Denis Blais | ... | foley artist |
| Tim J. Carroll | ... | stereo sound consultant: Dolby Stereo |
| Elius Caruso | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Mike Donald | ... | boom operator |
| Sebastian Godwin | ... | second assistant sound |
| Ian Hopkins | ... | assistant sound editor / dialogue editor |
| Jim Hopkins | ... | sound effects editor / supervising sound editor |
| Cathy Hutton | ... | dialogue editor |
| Richard Kelly | ... | sound effects editor |
| Darcy Kite | ... | re-recording mixer (as Darcey Kite) |
| Joan Parker | ... | foley assistant |
| Graham Ross | ... | sound mixer |
| Suleman Sheikh | ... | additional boom operator |
| Dileep Subramaniam | ... | additional sound mixer |
| Mark Zsifkovits | ... | re-recording mixer |
Special Effects by
| Anthony Fernandez | ... | special effects |
| Babu Meckwan | ... | special effects |
Visual Effects by
| Pavan Balagam | ... | visual effects artist |
| Alex Boothby | ... | matte artist |
| Biju Dhanpalan | ... | visual effects consultant |
| Wilson Louis | ... | visual effects producer |
| Prasad Sutar | ... | digital compositor |
Stunts
| Allan Amin | ... | stunt coordinator |
| Giru | ... | stunt performer |
| Hussain Kuwajerwala | ... | stunt performer (as Hussain) |
| Ainouddin Sheikh | ... | stunt performer (as Ino) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| G.R. Adam | ... | assistant grip |
| Mohamud Ali | ... | electrician |
| Gorakh S. Avadhi | ... | generator assistant (as Gorakh Avad) |
| Balaram Dawande | ... | electrician (as Balaram Dhavande) |
| Mulchand Dedhia | ... | gaffer |
| Raghuvir Jadeja | ... | electrician |
| Tukaram Joshi | ... | electrician |
| Aleksander Kaufmann | ... | first assistant camera (as Aleksander Kauffman) |
| Krishna Kumar | ... | rigger |
| Punam Kumar | ... | additional still photographer |
| Pappu Marwadi | ... | electrician (as Pappu Marvadi) |
| Jeremy Mauger | ... | additional dolly grip |
| Dilip Mehta | ... | special still photographer |
| Sadruddin Jiva Mistry | ... | generator operator (as Sadruddin J. Mistry) |
| Peter Myslowski | ... | key grip |
| Ravindra Raokhande | ... | electrician (as Ravinder Raokhande) |
| Kamlesh Sadrani | ... | electrician |
| Priya Seth | ... | third camera assistant |
| S.A. Siddiqui | ... | electrician |
| Arjun Singh | ... | spot boy |
| Kishan Tarva | ... | generator assistant |
| Lorenzo Weiss | ... | second assistant camera |
| William Wilfred | ... | rigger (as Williams Wilfred) |
| Barkhat M. Zaria | ... | electrician (as Barkat M. Zaria) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Poornima Inspector | ... | first wardrobe assistant |
| Hiralal Jatav | ... | second wardrobe assistant (as Heera Lal) |
| Mahinder | ... | tailor |
| Anand Santosh | ... | washer |
| Narinder Singh | ... | chief wardrobe assistant |
| Sunder | ... | wardrobe runner |
| Yusuf | ... | wardrobe supervisor |
Location Management
| Islamuddin Khan | ... | location assistant |
| Saif Kidwai | ... | location assistant |
| Gopal Mandal | ... | assistant location manager |
| Pervinder Singh | ... | location assistant |
| Edwin Williams | ... | unit location manager |
Music Department
| Javed Akhtar | ... | lyrics |
| Asha Bhosle | ... | playback singer (as Asha Bhonsle) |
| Hariharan | ... | playback singer: "Dheemi Dheemi" |
| Sadhana Sargam | ... | playback singer: "Banno Rani" |
| Sukhwinder Singh | ... | playback singer: "Ruth Aa Gayee Re", "Raat Ki Daldal Hain" and "Yeh Jo Zindagi Hain" |
| S. Sivakumar | ... | song recordist and mixer |
| Srinivas | ... | playback singer: "Yeh Jo Zindagi Hain" |
| Sujata Trivedi | ... | playback singer: "Yeh Jo Zindagi Hain" |
Script and Continuity Department
| Riju Bajaj | ... | script assistant |
| Nasreen Rehman | ... | script translator (as Nasreen Rahman) |
| Daniela Saioni | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
| Jetinder Chaudhary | ... | transportation assistant |
| Ravinder Malik | ... | transportation coordinator |
Additional Crew
| Rajeev Acharya | ... | production accountant |
| Ron Atkey | ... | legal counsel: Toronto |
| Deborah Bhatlya | ... | tutor |
| Nitin Bhatt | ... | set production assistant |
| Sunil Chhabra | ... | wrangler |
| Darryl Cornford | ... | work print conformer |
| Sunil Gupta | ... | unit doctor (as Dr. Sunil Gupta) |
| David Hamilton | ... | presenter |
| Stohn Henderson | ... | legal counsel: Toronto |
| Arun Jetley | ... | legal counsel: New Dehli |
| Heram Singh Kapasia | ... | permissions liason |
| Joan Kirby | ... | production controller: Canada |
| Robert Kraus | ... | title designer: opening titles |
| Punam Kumar | ... | assistant to director |
| Sanjay Malik | ... | additional unit manager |
| Paul Martin | ... | production controller: India |
| Veena Mehta | ... | dialogue coach: Rahul Khanna |
| Alnoor Merchant | ... | website design |
| Sharyu Mutreja | ... | production secretary |
| Barbara O'Kelly | ... | story editor |
| Ved Prasad | ... | production runner |
| Nupu Press | ... | production coordinator (as Nupu Chaudhuri) |
| Ashish Puri | ... | production runner |
| Koel Puri | ... | set production assistant |
| M.I. Quoroshi | ... | production assistant |
| Shahdad Rohani | ... | liaison officer: I & B |
| Punam Sawhney | ... | assistant to the coordinator |
| Rajiv Sawhney | ... | legal counsel: New Dehli |
| Deanna Scriver | ... | work print conformer |
| Shalini Sethi | ... | assistant to director (as Shalani Sethi) |
| R.C. Shahdadpuri | ... | liaison officer: I&B |
| D.P. Singh | ... | assistant to the coordinator |
| Mahavir Singh | ... | assistant animal wrangler |
| Maninder Singh | ... | legal counsel: New Dehli |
| Prathibha Singh | ... | legal counsel: New Dehli |
| Vishal Sood | ... | production consultant |
| Jhamu Sughand | ... | presenter |
| Loveleen Tandan | ... | set production assistant |
Production Companies
- Cracking the Earth Films Inc.
- Hamilton-Mehta Productions
- Jhamu Sughand Productions (presented by)
- Kaleidoscope Entertainment
Distributors
- New Yorker Films (United States) (video)
- G² (United States) (an MGM company)
- Madman Entertainment (2004) (Australia) (DVD)
- Shemaroo Video Pvt. Ltd. (1998) (World-wide) (DVD)
- Sony BMG Music Entertaintment (2007) (Germany)
- Universum Film (UFA) (2018) (Germany) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2009) (Canada) (DVD)
- Zeitgeist Films (1999) (United States) (subtitled)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- ARRI Lighting Rental (lighting equipment)
- ARRI Media (camera rental)
- Bakshi Caterers, Delhi (catering)
- Command Post Toybox (digital compositing)
- Deluxe Toronto (processing and prints)
- Deluxe Toronto (sound re-recording)
- Dolby Surround (Recorded in)
- Dolby (in selected theatres)
- Film Opticals (titles and opticals)
- Francont Film (negative cutting)
- Kodak (film stock supplied by)
- Mac Cosmetics (cosmetics generously donated by)
- Multitrack Digital (sound post-production)
- Smash Editorial (opening title and type design)
- Smash Editorial (post-production picture)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
The movie opens in Lahore of 1947 before India and Pakistan became independent. It is a cosmopolitan city, depicted by the coterie of working class friends who are from different religions. The rest of the movie chronicles the fate of this group and the maddening religious that sweeps even this city as the partition of the two countries is decided and Lahore is given to Pakistan.
Written by Neel V Kumar |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Aamir Khan's first negative role. He went on to receive much critical acclaim for his performance. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Ruth Aa Gayi Re See more » |
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Older Lenny:
I was eight years old, living in Lahore in March of 1947, when the British Empire in lndia started to collapse. Along with talks of lndia's independence from Britain came rumblings about its division into two countries, Pakistan and lndia. Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs who had lived together as one entity for centuries. suddenly started to clamor for pieces of lndia for themselves. The arbitrary line of division the British would draw to carve up lndia in August of 1947 would scar the Subcontinent forever. See more » |