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Director:
Deepa Mehta
Writer:
Deepa Mehta (writer)
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Release Date:
24 October 2008 (Canada) more
Genre:
Drama more
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Awards:
2 wins & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(38 articles)
Actress Preity Zinta heads to Harvard Business School
 (From The Bollywood Ticket. 12 November 2009, 1:48 PM, PST)
Multiplexes in doldrums with all Bollywood releases being washouts - News
 (From GlamSham. 12 April 2009, 11:30 AM, PDT)
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Cast

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Preity Zinta ... Chand

Balinder Johal ... Maji
Rajinder Singh Cheema ... Papaji
Gourrav Sihan ... Baldev
Vansh Bhardwaj ... Rocky
Geetika Sharma ... Loveleen
Orville Maciel ... Kabir
Ramanjit Kaur ... Aman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gick Grewal
Indiana Jagait ... Supervisor
Yanna McIntosh
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Runtime:
Canada:106 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country:
Canada
Language:
Punjabi | English
Color:
Black and White | Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Brampton, Ontario, Canada more

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Fantasy of the Moon, 5 June 2009
Author: Senyales from Fraggle Rock

The main complaint about 'Heaven on Earth' seems to be in regard with its slow pace. I was quite engaged by the film and the pacing did not bother me at all. It only made it better that Mehta took her time to unfold Chand's character more. Many have stated that Chand lacked development and this I disagree with. The film centers around Chand's struggle with her new life and her character is excellently written. The mother-in-law was portrayed as one-dimensional.

Speaking of writing, I think Mehta did a very good job with the story and I loved the Chand's beautiful monologues. Her use of symbolism and mythology is effective. The film is delicately shot mostly with hand-held camera. I like how Mehta distinguishes the private moments of the characters with black and white. The washed out colours only stress on the tense atmosphere. In terms of execution, 'Heaven on Earth' is on par with 'Water' (which was also stunningly filmed) but I think the former ranks as her best.

Preity Zinta delivers one of the finest performances of her career. She is like one has never seen before. Her portrayal of Chand is subtle, nuanced, heartbreaking and strong. I used to admire Zinta a lot during her pre-'Kal Ho Na Ho' days and saw a very promising actress in her. However, I almost gave up on her when she limited herself on doing movies with the Khans and Yashraj. Now I am glad to see her back on track and hope she keeps doing great work. In my humble opinion, Mehta's 'Heaven on Earth' is a winner and definitely miles better than the not-even-good-enough-for-TV types like 'Provoked'.

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