![]() Both Dil Navaz, the Ice-Candy Man ( Aamir Khan), and Hassan, the Masseur ( Rahul Khanna) are in love with Shanta. She is adored and protected by her parents, Bunty ( Kitu Gidwani) and Rustom ( Arif Zakaria), and cared for by her Ayah, named Shanta ( Nandita Das). She is from a wealthy Parsi family who hope to remain neutral to the rising tensions between Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims in the area. The story is set in Lahore (now the capital of Pakistani Punjab) in the time period directly before and during the partition of India in 1947 at the time of Indian independence.Ī young girl with polio, Lenny (Maia Sethna), narrates the story through the voice of her adult self ( Shabana Azmi). It was India's entry for the 1999 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Earth is the second instalment of Mehta's Elements trilogy, preceded by Fire (1996) and followed by Water (2005). 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 ( Hindi: पृथ्वी released in India as 1947: Earth) is a 1999 Indo-Canadian period romance drama film directed by Deepa Mehta. ![]()
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