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Full Title:: 1947 earth / Jhamu Sughand presents ; a Deepa Mehta film ; [produced by Dilip Mehta, Anne Masson & Deepa Mehta ; written and directed by Deepa Mehta].

Variant Titles:: Nineteen forty-seven earth
Earth
Title on container: Jhamu Sughand presents 1947 earth

Additional Author/Creators:: Mehta, Deepa, 1949-
Sughand, Jhamu
Mehta, Dilip
Masson, Anne
Khan, Aamir, 1965-
Das, Nandita, 1969-
Khanna, Rahul
Sethna, Maia
Gidwani, Kitu
Rahman, A. R.
Ak̲h̲tar, Jāvīd, 1945-
Shemaroo Video (Firm)

Genre:: Motion pictures
Subjects:: Islam and politics--India--Drama
Islam--Relations--Hinduism--Drama
Hinduism--Relations--Islam--Drama
Girls--Pakistan--Lahore--Drama
Nannies--Pakistan--Lahore--Drama
Feature films
Musical films
Girls
Children
Family members
India--History--Partition, 1947--Drama
Lahore (Pakistan)--Drama

Summary:: Focusing on a girl and her nanny and set in the city of Lahore in 1947, this films chronicles the fate of a religiously diverse group of working-class friends during the partition of India and Pakistan.
Language:: Hindi
English
Language Note:: In Hindi (5.1 Dolby digital sound) with some English; optional English subtitles.
Physical Type/Description:: 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Technical Note:: DVD; NTSC; all regions.
General Note:: Originally released as a motion picture in 1998.
Letterboxed.
Special features: Interactive menus of songs and scenes.
Participant/Performer Note:: Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, Rahul Khanna, Maia Sethna, Kitu Gidwani, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Gulshan Grover.
Creation/Production Credits Note:: Original music, A.R. Rahman ; lyrics, Javed Akhtar ; cinematography, Giles Nuttgens ; editor, Barry Farrell.