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Deepa Mehta is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Indian born on 1 january 1950 at Amritsar (Inde)
Deepa Mehta, OC OOnt (Hindi: दीपा मेहता [d̪iːpaː ˈmeːɦt̪aː]; born 1 January 1950) is an Indo-Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005); among which Earth was sent by India as its official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Water was Canada's official entry for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, making it Canada's first non-French Canadian film to receive a nomination in that category. She also co-founded Hamilton-Mehta Productions, with her husband, producer David Hamilton in 1996. She was awarded Genie Award.
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Nationality Inde
Birth 1 january 1950 (74 years) at Amritsar (Inde)
Awards Officer of the Order of Canada
Birth 1 january 1950 (74 years) at Amritsar (Inde)
Awards Officer of the Order of Canada
Deepa Mehta, OC OOnt (Hindi: दीपा मेहता [d̪iːpaː ˈmeːɦt̪aː]; born 1 January 1950) is an Indo-Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005); among which Earth was sent by India as its official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Water was Canada's official entry for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, making it Canada's first non-French Canadian film to receive a nomination in that category. She also co-founded Hamilton-Mehta Productions, with her husband, producer David Hamilton in 1996. She was awarded Genie Award.
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Indienne de naissance, Deepa Mehta a émigré au Canada en 1973.Best films
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Add to a movie listWater (2005)
, 1h57Directed by Deepa Mehta
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, John Abraham, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Waheeda Rehman, Vinay Pathak
Rating76%
The film is set in the year 1938, when India was still under British occupation. Child marriage was common practice back then. Widows had a diminished position in society, and were expected to spend their lives in poverty and worship of God. Widow remarriages were legalised by the colonial laws, but in practice, they were largely considered taboo.
Aashiqui (1990)
, 2h32Directed by Mahesh Bhatt
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Rahul Roy, Anu Agarwal, Anu Agarwal, Deepak Tijori, Pooja Bhatt, Avtar Gill
Rating62%
Rahul is angry with his dad for marrying a second time, while his first wife is still alive; Anu ran away from an oppressive girls' hostel run by Arnie Campbell (Tom Alter). They meet and fall in love. Rahul helps Anu in becoming independent and seeking a job. Anu is approached by a talent agent to be a model, an offer which she accepts. Rahul wants to marry Anu but he first must establish himself as a singer-which he does, however; being under the impression that Anu helped him with his career, his ego is hurt. This causes him to harbour a growing resentment toward her. Anu then decides to further her career when Director Padam Singh persuades her to accompany him to Paris. When Rahul comes to stop her from boarding the flight, Anu decides to stay behind to renew their relationship.
Aghaat (1985)
Directed by Govind Nihalani
Genres Crime
Actors Naseeruddin Shah, Bharath Gopi, Om Puri, Sadashiv Amarapurkar, Rohini Hattangadi, Pankaj Kapur
Roles Chotelal's wife
Rating75%
Director
Beeba Boys (2015)
, 1h43Directed by Deepa Mehta
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Randeep Hooda, Gulshan Grover, Sarah Allen, Waris Ahluwalia, Dileep Rao, Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Rating49%
Jeet Johar, a guarded, ruthless gangster within the very real criminal underground populated by second- and third-generation Indian immigants on Canada’s west coast. As Jeet competes with rival gangs for an increasingly shrinking turf, the single father and dutiful son is forced to violently demand respect, ensuring the Beeba Boys’ continued survival in Vancouver.
Midnight's Children (2012)
, 2h28Directed by Deepa Mehta
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Satya Bhabha, Shriya Saran, Shabana Azmi, Anupam Kher, Siddharth, Ronit Roy
Rating61%
L'histoire de deux enfants nés au moment de l'indépendance de l'Inde en 1947.
Heaven on Earth (2008)
, 1h46Directed by Deepa Mehta
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Films about domestic violence
Actors Preity Zinta, Seema Biswas, Yanna McIntosh
Rating62%
Vibrant Chand (Preity Zinta) is a young bride leaving her home in Ludhiana, Punjab, India, for Brampton, Ontario, Canada, where her husband Rocky (Vansh Bhardwaj) and his very traditional family await her arrival. Everything is new and unfamiliar to Chand including the quiet and shy Rocky who she meets for the first time at the Arrivals level of Pearson Airport. Chand approaches her new life and land with equanimity and grace, and at times the wide-eyed optimism of hope—her first snowfall is a tiny miracle of beauty, and the roar of Niagara Falls creates the excitement of new beginnings.
Water (2005)
, 1h57Directed by Deepa Mehta
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, John Abraham, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Waheeda Rehman, Vinay Pathak
Rating76%
The film is set in the year 1938, when India was still under British occupation. Child marriage was common practice back then. Widows had a diminished position in society, and were expected to spend their lives in poverty and worship of God. Widow remarriages were legalised by the colonial laws, but in practice, they were largely considered taboo.
The Republic Of Love (2004)
, 1h35Directed by Deepa Mehta
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Bruce Greenwood, Emilia Fox, Edward Fox, Kate Lynch, David Huband, Kate Kelton
Rating60%
The plot centers on a charismatic radio talk show host, Tom Avery (Bruce Greenwood), and his "mermaid researcher" girlfriend Fay (Emilia Fox). Tom has had a turbulent past with relationships and has had three divorces before the age of 40. Many of Tom's ex-wives turn out to be friends of Fay's. Fay is the opposite from Tom and has an overly high expectation of the men she dates; she expects perfection and wants to emulate her parents' rock-solid marriage. One day, it turns out that Fay's parents' marriage is not as perfect as it seemed and it breaks down suddenly, after 40 years of "wedded bliss". Fay panics and feels insecure in her own relationship and forces Tom to go to great efforts to convince the woman who has become his fiancée that their relationship is different and that they are meant for each other.
Bollywood/Hollywood (2002)
, 1h45Directed by Deepa Mehta
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Rahul Khanna, Lisa Ray, Moushumi Chatterjee, Dina Pathak, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Akshaye Khanna
Rating59%
Bollywood/Hollywood centres on the character of Rahul Seth (Rahul Khanna), a young, rich, Indo-Canadian living in Toronto whose widowed mother (Moushumi Chatterjee) is eager to get him married after the freak-accidental death of his white pop singer girlfriend, Kimberly (Jessica Paré). Furthermore, the mother proclaims that the impending wedding of her daughter Twinky (Rishma Malik) and Bobby will not take place until Rahul has found himself a bride first. The pressure mounts on Rahul as he finds out that Twinky must get married to preserve the family's reputation because she is pregnant.
Earth (1998)
, 1h50Directed by Deepa Mehta
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, Rahul Khanna, Shabana Azmi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Eric Peterson
Rating75%
The story is set in Lahore in the time period directly before and during the partition of India in 1947.
Fire (1997)
, 1h48Directed by Deepa Mehta
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families, Feminist films, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Musical films, Political films, Bollywood, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Nandita Das, Shabana Azmi, Javed Jaffrey, Vinay Pathak, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Ram Gopal Bajaj
Rating70%
The film opens with young Radha sitting in a mustard field with her parents. Her mother tells her a story of a person who wanted to see the ocean; then she explains that sometimes one must learn to see some things (through her mind's eye) without looking.
Camilla (1994)
, 1h35Directed by Deepa Mehta
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Jessica Tandy, Bridget Fonda, Elias Koteas, Don McKellar, Maury Chaykin, Graham Greene
Rating59%
Sam & Me (1991)
, 1h34Directed by Deepa Mehta
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Om Puri
Rating60%
23-year-old Nikhil, an Indian immigrant, is convinced by his uncle to work as a companion and care-giver to Sam, an elderly Jewish man, fed up with his life. As an unlikely friendship ensues, both men get new insight into life.
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Beeba Boys (2015)
, 1h43Directed by Deepa Mehta
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Randeep Hooda, Gulshan Grover, Sarah Allen, Waris Ahluwalia, Dileep Rao, Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Rating49%
Jeet Johar, a guarded, ruthless gangster within the very real criminal underground populated by second- and third-generation Indian immigants on Canada’s west coast. As Jeet competes with rival gangs for an increasingly shrinking turf, the single father and dutiful son is forced to violently demand respect, ensuring the Beeba Boys’ continued survival in Vancouver.
Midnight's Children (2012)
, 2h28Directed by Deepa Mehta
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Satya Bhabha, Shriya Saran, Shabana Azmi, Anupam Kher, Siddharth, Ronit Roy
Roles Co-Writer
Rating61%
L'histoire de deux enfants nés au moment de l'indépendance de l'Inde en 1947.