Heaven on Earth (2008 film)

Heaven on Earth
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDeepa Mehta
Written byDeepa Mehta
Produced byDeepa Mehta
Ravi Chopra
David Hamilton
StarringPreity Zinta
Vansh Bhardwaj
CinematographyGiles Nuttgens
Edited byColin Monie
Music byMychael Danna
Hari & Sukhmani (folk song: Kangi Bawan)
Distributed byHamilton-Mehta Productions Inc.
National Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • 24 October 2008 (2008-10-24)
Running time
106 min
CountriesCanada
India
LanguageEnglish

Heaven on Earth a.k.a. Videsh is a 2008 Canadian film directed and written by Deepa Mehta. Preity Zinta plays the leading role of Chand, a young Indian Punjabi woman who finds herself in an abusive arranged marriage with an Indo-Canadian man, played by theatre actor Vansh Bhardwaj. The film released in India dubbed into Hindi under the title Videsh. Zinta received unanimous acclaim for her performance in both Canada and India.