
The Bridge of San Luis Rey(2004)
In 1714 Peru, a friar is tried by the Spanish Inquisition for questioning God's intentions when five die in the collapse of an Andean rope bridge.


It's 1947 and 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.

Aamir Khan
Dil Navaz

Nandita Das
Shanta

Rahul Khanna
Hassan
Maia Sethna
Lenny Sethna

Kitu Gidwani
Bunty Sethna

Arif Zakaria
Rustom Sethna

Eric Peterson
Mr. Rogers

Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Imam Din

Pavan Malhotra
Butcher
Sunil Mehra
Toto Ramji
Earth is a drama, romance, history film released in 1998 exploring themes of based on novel or book, war of independence, period drama, woman director, partition, 1940s. Directed by Deepa Mehta, it stars Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, Rahul Khanna. It's 1947 and 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.
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