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Sep 10, 2020 · Indo-Canadian helmer Deepa Mehta has a long history with the Toronto Intl. Film Festival, where nearly all of her films have premiered, starting with “Sam and Me” in 1994. She returned to the ...
May 26, 2006 · Water: Directed by Deepa Mehta. With Sarala Kariyawasam, Buddhi Wickrama, Rinsly Weerarathne, Iranganie Serasinghe. Set in colonial India against Gandhi's rise to power, it's the story of 8-year-old Chuyia, who is widowed and sent to a home to live in penitence; once there, Chuyia's feisty presence deeply affects the lives of the other residents.
May 2, 2023 · When Deepa Mehta's Funny Boy’came out in 2020 telling the story of a young boy in love during the social turmoil in Sri Lanka, it becomes proof that adverse situations across time and space result in meaningless futility. 1947: Earth has been one of Mehta’s earliest films and like Fire, this film too, caught attention. It was banned in ...
Deepa Mehta, LLD (born 1 January 1950 in Amritsar, Punjab, India) is a Genie Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005), which was nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Her repertoire includes Bollywood/Hollywood and the adaptation of Salman Rushdie's Midnight’s Children. Born in India, she migrated to Canada after studying philosophy at ...
Deepa Mehta occupies a unique place within the Canadian film industry. One of the few filmmakers to have a truly international outlook, Mehta has shot and set films in both Canada and India. In “Deepa Mehta as Transnational Filmmaker, or You Can’t Go Home Again,” from North of Everything (2002), one of the most comprehensive articles on her career, Jacqueline Levitin calls Mehta a “transnational” filmmaker.
Mar 1, 2021 · Deepa Mehta Discusses ‘Funny Boy’ and That Oscar Rejection for Int’l Film. Deepa Mehta ’s had her fair share of tough shoots. “Water” had to be moved from India following protests and ...
Birthday: Jan 1, 1950. Birthplace: Amritsar, Punjab, India. The two predominant themes in the work of writer-director Deepa Mehta are 1) the transcendence of age differentials and cultural ...
