Earth history movie

1999 film by Deepa Mehta

Earth (Hindi: पृथ्वी; released in India as 1947: Earth) is a 1999 Indo-Canadian periodromancedrama 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.

Earth is the second instalment of Mehta's Elements trilogy, preceded by Fire (1996) and followed by Water (2005).

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It was India's entry for the 1999 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Plot

The story is set in Lahore (now the capital of Pakistani Punjab) in the period directly before and during the partition of India in 1947 at the time of Indian independence.

A young girl with polio, Lenny (Maia Sethna), narrates the story through the voice of her adult self (Shabana Azmi).

She is from a wealthy Parsi family who hope to remain neutral to the rising tensions between Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims in the area. She is Movies & Documentaries about Earth, Earth Sciences or Astronomy JOT