SummaryA group of diverse Indian friends and two men after one woman is torn apart by the 1947 partitioning of India. The woman in question (Das) is a nanny who is, with her eight-year-old charge (Sethna), insulated by her Parsi family's wealth and neutrality from the violence erupting around her.
Directed By:Deepa Mehta
Written By:Deepa Mehta, Bapsi Sidhwa
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Even blood, spilled so freely, has a distinctive intensity of red in this beautiful and harrowing film.
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A remarkable accomplishment. It takes one of the century's vast tragedies...and makes it heart-rendingly real and intimate.
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Mehta's latest release, combines a similarly intoxicating visual immediacy and delight with a sobering outsider's long view.
75
Hurls its Holocaust at us in a series of justifiably horrific images.
70
Gorgeous and troubling.
58
A draggy affair livened occasionally by bursts of color or raw emotion, but just as often convoluted and hackneyed. It's a case of a film taking on, admirably, more than it can chew.
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Mehta feels compelled to twist the screw, shamelessly plying her audience with mawkish tropes wearing the garb of "innocence."
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Production Company:
- Cracking the Earth Films Inc.
- Hamilton-Mehta Productions
- Jhamu Sughand Productions
Release Date:Sep 10, 1999
Duration:1 h 50 m
Awards
Filmfare Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Bollywood Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Asia-Pacific Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
