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Deepa Mehta moves to reality
Carpet Boy to be written by Faroukh Dhondy won't be NRI filmmaker Deepa Mehta's first true-life story, contrary to reports in a section of the media.
In July this year, she starts filming Luna, her first true-life story of environmentalist Julia Hill who "embraced" the trees of California and lived on top of one for nearly two years to prevent ecological destruction.
Mehta, who is currently co-directing the comedy Stella in Delhi with her brother Dilip Mehta, goes into Luna in July. And then she shoots a big Hollywood epic Land Of The Morning Calm, igen based on a true story, for a big American studio.
Bollywood actor John Abraham will star opposite Hollywood`s Rachel Weisz in the movie. This will be Mehta's second bio with John after Oscar nominated Water.
"So if anything, Carpet Boy is my third true-life film in a row," she laughed.
"It's the story of a Pakistani boy called Iqbal Masih, who single-handedly changed laws perta
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Heaven On Earth, which saw its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this year, is a must-see film about the universal intricacies surrounding abuse. The horrors of abuse are seen through the perspectives of each member of a Canadian-Punjabi immigrant family, who are bound by the harsh realities of their respective circumstances.
Shot in both colour and black and white, this Punjabi language film centres around a newly-married couple played by Bollywood heavyweight, Preity Zinta, and newcomer, Vanish Bhardwaj. Both characters are victims of abuse, but how they choose to retaliate, if at all, is the journey around which the story is set. Inspired by the play, Naga Mandala, which in turn was inspired by an old Indian folktale about a lonely wife and a king cobra, the plot unfolds in the formidable style that is indicative of the uniquely insightful and multi-talented genius of Deepa Mehta.
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People who have seen • The two prominent South Asian Canadian arts personalities will share the stage to discuss Mehta’s latest documentary film that follows a transwoman’s dual life in India TORONTO, Dec. 5, 2023 – York University’s Writer-in-Residence program presents this year’s final event, I Am Sirat + a Conversation with Deepa Mehta and Shyam Selvadurai, at the Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre, starting with a reception at 6:30pm, Thursday, Dec. 7. Open to the public, the event will include the screening of Mehta’s acclaimed I Am Sirat – a documentary that follows Sirat Taneja, a transwoman in India as she navigates living a dual life. A Q&A session will follow the screening. This year’s writer-in-resident, Sri Lankan-born Canadian author Selvadurai and Indo-Canadian filmmaker are expected to offer an interesting discussion about the docum Writer-in-Residence Shyam Selvadurai in conversation with filmmaker Deepa Mehta at York U event