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22 August 1997 (USA) morePlot:
Ashok runs a family business that sells takeout food that also has a video rental store at the side... more | add synopsisAwards:
6 wins & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(13 articles)
Top International cast for Gurinder Chadha's film - News (From GlamSham. 3 April 2009, 11:30 AM, PDT)
Heaven On Earth passed by censors without a single cut
(From BollywoodHungama. 23 March 2009, 7:30 AM, PDT)
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A near perfect drama moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Karishma Jhalani | ... | Young Radha | |
| Ramanjeet Kaur | ... | Young Radha's mother | |
| Dilip Mehta | ... | Young Radha's father | |
| Javed Jaffrey | ... | Jatin (as Jaaved Jaaferi) | |
| Nandita Das | ... | Sita | |
| Vinay Pathak | ... | Guide at Taj Mahal | |
| Kushal Rekhi | ... | Biji | |
| Shabana Azmi | ... | Radha | |
| Ranjit Chowdhry | ... | Mundu | |
| Kulbhushan Kharbanda | ... | Ashok | |
| Alice Poon | ... | Julie | |
| Ram Gopal Bajaj | ... | Swamiji | |
| Ravinder Happy | ... | Oily man in video shop | |
| Devyani Saltzman | ... | Girl in video shop (as Devyani Mehta Saltzman) | |
| Sunil Chabra | ... | Milkman on bicycle (as Sunil Chhabra) |
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UK:108 min | USA:104 minColor:
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Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Manitoba) (re-rating) (2005) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) (original rating) | Malaysia:(Banned) | Iceland:L | USA:PG-13 | India:A | France:U | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:Unrated | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:Unrated | India:(Banned) | Germany:12Fun Stuff
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On its opening day in India, some movie theaters were attacked by Hindu fundamentalists, and the movie was eventually banned for religious insensitivity. The film was banned in Pakistan for the lesbian relationship that the movie plays around. moreQuotes:
Sita: There is no word in our language that can describe us. How we feel for each other. moreSoundtrack:
Aa Jaa Zara Mere Dil Ke Sahare moreFAQ
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This intelligent, moving and beautiful film is a study in the ways people react to tradition (reminds me of William Faulkner's novels).
The characters all feel trapped by the weight of the roles they are expected to assume, and seek for a way to live within those roles rather than throw them off altogether. But as the story develops the two wives, trapped in loveless marriages, draw together. Drawing on the strength of their friendship and love, they give each other the courage to abandon their roles.
They have found that living within their traditions is no life at all, it is a sort of living death: without passion, without true connection to others, without fulfillment. Although they know there will be a price to be paid for their rebellion and freedom, it is a price much less dear than the sacrifice called for by a comfortable, predictable existence.
The screenplay is wonderful, the acting marvelous. Near perfect!