Yahoo India Web Search

Sign In

Search results

  1. www.gradesaver.com › earth-1998-film › study-guideEarth (1998 Film) Study Guide: Analysis - GradeSaver

    Written by Divya B., Muhammad Raazz. Deepa Mehta is an Indo-Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter. She is famous for her trilogy work about Indian society: Earth (1998), Water (2005), and Fire (1996). She was awarded the Genie Award in 2003 for the screenplay and the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for lifetime artistic achievement in 2012.

    • Glossary

      Glossary - Earth (1998 Film) Study Guide: Analysis -...

    • Irony

      Irony - Earth (1998 Film) Study Guide: Analysis - GradeSaver

    • Imagery

      Imagery - Earth (1998 Film) Study Guide: Analysis -...

    • Quotes

      Quotes - Earth (1998 Film) Study Guide: Analysis -...

  2. www.gradesaver.com › earth-1998-film › study-guideEarth (1998 Film) Summary - GradeSaver

    Lenny has led a rather sheltered life; her parents dote on her and try to protect her from the world. Lenny has a nanny named Shanta, who is extremely beautiful, and the object of desire for most of the men in the neighborhood. Two strong suitors are the ice cream man, Dil Navaz, and Hassan, who is a masseur. They are both Muslim, Shanta, a Hindu.

    • Deepa Mehta

  3. www.gradesaver.com › earth-1998-film › essaysEarth (1998 Film) Essays - GradeSaver

    An Adaptation by Any Other Name: Earth vs Ice-Candy Man Anonymous College. Earth (1998 Film) There is a striking difference between the film poster for Deepa Mehta’s Earth and the novel cover for Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy Man (see Appendix). The novel cover, dominated by blues, greens and a silhouette of Lenny, is more evocative of Lenny’s...

    • Deepa Mehta

  4. Videos

    View all

  5. www.ukessays.com › essays › historyThe Analysis Of The Movie Earth History Essay

    Jan 1, 2015 · The Analysis Of The Movie Earth History Essay. Deepa Mehta’s film “Earth” reflects the sorrowful political and social conditions of India on the verge of its partition. The movie is based on the semi-biographical novel “Cracking India” written by Bapsi Sidhwa, who is a 7-year old girl in the movie witnessing the painful social split ...

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Earth_(1998_film)Earth (1998 film) - Wikipedia

    Earth (1998 film) Earth. (1998 film) 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.

  7. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › earth-1999Earth movie review & film summary (1999) - Roger Ebert

    Oct 15, 1999 · The film is told as a melodrama and romance, not docudrama, and that makes it all the more effective. It sees much of the action through the eyes of a little brace-legged Parsee girl named Lenny, whose beautiful Hindu nanny, or “ayah,” is admired by all the men in a circle of friends. The ayah is Shanta (Nandita Das), with glowing eyes and ...

  8. People also ask

  9. www.imdb.com › title › tt0150433Earth (1998) - Plot - IMDb

    The movie is about a young, brace legged, eight year old Parsee girl named Lenny, whose beautiful nanny, Shanta is admired by all the men in a circle of friends. She slowly comes to love Hasan, a masseur, who is Muslim. She likes, but does not love, Dil, known as "Ice Candy Man". Her life is pleasant in a wealthy Parsee household ruled by Lenny ...