- Release Date: 1999
- Runtime: 110 min
- Genre: Drama
- Starring: Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, Rahul Khanna, Kittu Gidwani ... see all
- Director: Deepa Mehta
- Plot: The movie opens in Lahore of 1947 before India and Pakistan became independent. It is a cosmopolitan city, depicted by the coterie of working class friends who are from different... Read more
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great movie
Sep 28, 2008
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Sep 28, 2008soumya_ghosh43 - in.movies.yahoo.com
yet again great performance was given by aamir khan in this negative role( may be playing for the first time) but besides him rahul khanna and nandita also gives commendable performance direction was just too good among the best films made... Full review
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| Jul 28, 2007Desicritics.org, India
As Ralph Crane puts it "It may be that the atrocities of 1947 are best seen through the innocent naive eyes of a child, who has no Hindu, Muslim or Sikh axe to grind.
An extremely touching and poignant story.
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Times of India
Earth : Lenny (Maia Sethna), is an eight-year-old Parsee girl who is growing up rich in pre-partition Lahore in 1947, enjoying the warm, enveloping life that loving parents and a filial household staff of four brings.
But at the film�s debut, opening the 2005 Toronto Film Festival, Mehta�s unflinching and passionate filmmaking resulted in a rousing standing ovation and critical acclaim.
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