Overview
In 1947, the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl bears witnesses to tragedy as her ayah is caught between the love of two men and the rising tide of political and religious violence.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (2000)
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Box office
Grossed $529K worldwide
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Based on
Based on the novel Cracking India
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Setting
Set in Lahore
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Collection
Part of Elements Trilogy
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Music
Music by A. R. Rahman
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Giles Nuttgens
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Deepa MehtaScreenplay
- Bapsi SidhwaNovel
- Original title
- 1947: Earth
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 16, 1998
- Original language
- Hindi
- Revenue
- $529K
- Countries
- Canada, India
- Collection
- Elements Trilogy
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Cast
Aamir KhanDil Navaz
Nandita DasShanta
Rahul KhannaHassan- Maia SethnaLenny Sethna
Kitu GidwaniBunty Sethna
Arif ZakariaRustom Sethna
Eric PetersonMr. Rogers
Kulbhushan KharbandaImam Din
Pavan MalhotraButcher- Sunil MehraToto Ramji
- Navtej Singh JoharSher Singh
Raghubir Yadav- Kabir Chowdhury
Gulshan Grover- Cinia Jain
- Lauren WalkerMrs. Rogers
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