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Deepa Mehta

Deepa Mehta


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Deepa Mehta - what members say


  • Earth
  • Earth review by JohnnyRoss from Leeds, England
    Rated - 3.0 stars Earth - how diverese! 30 June 2006
    ...This second installment in Deepa Mehta's 'elements' trilogy is certainly a wonder. It talks about humanity at its very core, revealing a devastating side to the jaded happ...   Read customer review
  • Fire
  • Fire review by from Cambridgeshire, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Outstanding 19 September 2006
    ...nately produced an unintended comical effect. Overall, this commendable film by Deepa Mehta, is well made and all aspects of the story fit nicely together like a jigsaw pu...   Read customer review

Deepa Mehta - filmography


  • Videsh - Heaven on Earth on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Preity Zinta,  Vansh Bhardwaj,  Yanna McIntosh
    Director: Deepa Mehta
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Chand (Preity Zinta), a young woman, leaves her home and loving family behind in India to build a new life in Canada. She moves to Brampton, Ontario and marries Rocky (Vansh Bhardwaj), a man she has never met. Rocky is overwhelmed by all the pressures that rest on his shoulders: dealing with his ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 78 members
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  • Water on DVD (2005)
    Starring: John Abraham,  Lisa Ray,  Seema Biswas
    Director: Deepa Mehta
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: £2.49
    Set in the 1930s during the rise of the independence struggles against British colonial rule, the film examines the plight of a group of widows forced into poverty at a temple in the holy city of Varanasi. It focuses on the relationships of one widow, who wants to escape the social restrictions ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 3,222 members
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  • Bollywood / Hollywood on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Rahul Khanna,  Lisa Ray,  Dina Pathak
    Director: Deepa Mehta
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Set in Toronto, a romantic tale which revolves around Rahul Seth, a Westernized, young dot.com millionaire, and his unconventional relationship with the beautiful and wild Sue Singh. Rahul is devastated after the untimely death of his beautiful, pop artist, blonde girlfriend Kimberly. To make ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 676 members
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  • Earth on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Aamir Khan,  Maia Sethna,  Nandita Das
    Director: Deepa Mehta
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A tumultuous period in Asian history is brilliantly brought ot the screen in a poignant, funny and charming drama based on the acclaimed novel 'Cracking India' by Bapsi Sidhwa. Set against the background of the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan, the growing political and religious unrest that ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 1,518 member
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  • Fire (1996)
    Starring: Shabana Azmi,  Nandita Das,  Kulbhushan Kharbanda
    Director: Deepa Mehta
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A powerful drama focusing on one woman's life in a loveless marriage who becomes involved with a beautiful woman. Fire stirred controversy in India when it was first screened.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 2,704 members
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Deepa Mehta facts

5 most recent films

Videsh - Heaven on Earth - 2.5 stars
Water - 3.5 stars
Bollywood / Hollywood - 2.5 stars
Earth - 3.5 stars
Fire - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Earth - 3.5 stars
Water - 3.5 stars
Fire - 3.0 stars
Bollywood / Hollywood - 2.5 stars
Videsh - Heaven on Earth - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Videsh - Heaven on Earth - 2.5 stars
Bollywood / Hollywood - 2.5 stars
Fire - 3.0 stars
Water - 3.5 stars
Earth - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Lisa Ray - 4 times - show films
Seema Biswas - 3 times - show films
John Abraham - 3 times - show films
Rishma Malik - 3 times - show films
Kulbhushan Kharbanda - 3 times - show films