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.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Deepa Mehta
- Producer
- Deepa Mehta, Anne Masson, Jhamu Sughand, David Hamilton
- Writer
- Deepa Mehta, Bapsi Sidhwa
- Editor
- Barry Farrell
- Cinematography
- Giles Nuttgens
- Composer
- A.R. Rahman
Details
- Studios
- Cracking the Earth Films, Goldwyn Films
- Countries
- Canada, India
- Languages
- Hindi, English
- Release
- September 16, 1998
Themes
based on novel or bookwar of independencewoman directorpartition1940slahorepartition of india