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Deepa Mehta, OC OOnt ([diːpa ˈmeːɦta]; born 15 September 1950) [1] is an Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005).
Deepa Mehta is a transnational artist and a screenwriter, director, and producer whose work has been called "courageous", "provocative" and "breathtaking". Her visually lush and emotionally resonating films have played at every major international film festival; receiving numerous awards and accolades, and have been distributed around the world.
Deepa Mehta is best known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005); the trilogy earned her both critical acclaim and the hatred of extremists in India and worldwide.
May 25, 2024 · Whether it is her elements trilogy or her last film, Funny Boy, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Deepa Mehta is not scared of touching the untouchable. The more provocative her subject, the more compassionate her treatment.
Deepa Mehta is a prolific Indo-Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. She is the co-founder of Hamilton-Mehta Productions. She is best known for making movies on sensitive issues of society. She is an internationally acclaimed filmmaker and her movies are played at almost all the major international film festivals. [6]
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 1. Anatomy of Violence. In 2012, a young woman was gang raped by six men inside a moving bus in New Delhi. Eleven actors collaborated on a fictional dramatization of the lives of the rapists. 2. Beeba Boys.
Deepa Mehta is a transnational artist and a screenwriter, director, and producer whose work has been called "courageous", "provocative" and "breathtaking". Her visually lush and emotionally resonating films have played at every major international film festival; receiving numerous awards and accolades, and have been distributed around the world.
Earth (Hindi: पृथ्वी; released in India as 1947: Earth) is a 1999 Indo-Canadian period romance drama film directed by Deepa Mehta. It is based upon Bapsi Sidhwa's novel, Cracking India (1991, US; 1992, India; originally published as Ice Candy Man, 1988, UK), set during the 1947 partition of India.
Engendered, in collaboration with the Embassy of The Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Embassy of Belgium in their ongoing roles as the EU Gender Champions, proudly present an I View World Salon - the New Delhi Premiere of Oscar-nominated filmmaker Deepa Mehta’s acclaimed, poignant and layered documentary I Am Sirat that opened at TIFF 2023 ...
Sep 14, 2021 · Indian filmmaker and Academy Award winner Deepa Mehta has given voice to stories that needed to be heard through her repertoire.
