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    Earth (1998 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    As Independence Day is arriving in mid August for both India and Pakistan, really want to watch this movie. supposed to be excellent. It's written, directed, and produced by Deepa Mehta, the same woman who did WATER in 2005.

    Quoted: The story is set in Lahore in the time period directly before and during the partition of India in 1947.
    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 hopes to remain neutral to the rising tensions between Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims in the area. She is cared for by her Ayah, the beautiful Hindu woman, Shanta (Nandita Das). Both Dil, the Ice-Candy Man (Aamir Khan) and Hassan, the Masseur (Rahul Khanna) are Muslim and in love with Shanta. Shanta, Dil, and Hassan are part of a larger multi-ethnic group of Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh friends (some of whom work for Lenny's family) who spend their days together in the park. With partition, however, this once unified group of friends becomes divided and tragedy ensues.

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