Elements trilogy

Elements trilogy
Directed byDeepa Mehta
Written byDeepa Mehta
Produced byDeepa Mehta
CinematographyGiles Nuttgens
Edited byBarry Farrell
Colin Monie
Music byA.R. Rahman
Mychael Danna
Production
company
Deepa Mehta Films
CountriesCanada
India
LanguagesHindi
English

The Elements trilogy of films by Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta deals with controversial issues of social reform on the Indian subcontinent. Fire, the first release in 1996, dealt with issues of arranged marriage and homosexuality in the patriarchal culture of India.[1] Earth, released in 1998, dealt with the religious strife associated with the partition of India and the formation of Pakistan in the mid-20th century.[2] Water, released in 2005, was the most critically successful of the three, and dealt with suicide, misogyny, and the mistreatment of widows in rural India.[3]

Some notable actors that have worked in Mehta's Elements trilogy include Aamir Khan, Seema Biswas, Shabana Azmi, John Abraham, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Rahul Khanna, Lisa Ray, and Nandita Das. A. R. Rahman composed critically acclaimed soundtracks for all the three films. These films are also notable for Mehta's collaborative work with author Bapsi Sidhwa. Sidhwa's novel Cracking India, (1991, U.S.; 1992, India; originally published as Ice Candy Man, 1988, England), is the basis for Mehta's 1998 film, Earth. Mehta's film, Water, was later published by Sidhwa as the 2006 novel, Water: A Novel.

  1. ^ "Rotten Tomatoes Review: Fire". Rotten Tomatoes. 1996. Retrieved 6 May 2007.
  2. ^ "Rotten Tomatoes Review: 1947 - Earth". Rotten Tomatoes. 1998. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2007.
  3. ^ "Rotten Tomatoes Review: Water". Rotten Tomatoes. 2005. Retrieved 6 May 2007.