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{{Infobox film
| name = 1947 Earth
| image = 1947 Earth film poster Aamir Khan.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Deepa Mehta]]
| producer = Anne Masson Deepa Mehta
| story = [[Deepa Mehta]]
| narrator = [[Shabana Azmi]]
| starring = [[Aamir Khan]] [[Rahul Khanna]] [[Nandita Das]] 
Maia Sethna
| music = [[A. R. Rahman]]
| cinematography = [[Giles Nuttgens]]
| editing = Barry Farrell
| distributor =
| country = [[Canada]] [[India]]
| released = {{Film date|1999|09|10|df=y}}<ref>https://www.boxofficeindia.com/weekly-movies.php?movieid=2372&type_key=week_9</ref>
| runtime = 101 minutes
| language = [[Hindi]] 
}}

'''''Earth''''' ({{lang-hi|अर्थ}}; released in India as '''''1947: Earth''''') is a [[Bollywood films of 1999|1999]] Indian [[period film|period]] [[Romance film|romance]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Deepa Mehta]]. It is based upon [[Bapsi Sidhwa]]'s novel, ''[[Cracking India]]'' (1991, US; 1992, India; originally published as ''Ice Candy Man'', 1988, UK), set during the 1947 [[partition of India]]. ''Earth'' is the second installment of Mehta's [[Elements trilogy]], preceded by ''[[Fire (1996 film)|Fire]]'' (1996) and followed by ''[[Water (2005 film)|Water]]'' (2005). It was India's entry for the 1999 [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]].

==Plot==
The story is set in [[Lahore]] (now the capital of [[Pakistani Punjab]]) in the time period directly before and during the [[partition of India]] in 1947 at the time of [[Indian Independence Act 1947|Indian independence]].

A young girl with [[polio]], Lenny (Maia Sethna), narrates the story through the voice of her adult self ([[Shabana Azmi]]). She is from a wealthy [[Parsi]] family who hope to remain neutral to the rising tensions between [[Hindus]], [[Sikhs]], and [[Muslims]] in the area. She is adored and protected by her parents, Bunty ([[Kitu Gidwani]]) and Rustom ([[Arif Zakaria]]), and cared for by her [[Amah (occupation)|Ayah]], a beautiful Hindu woman named Shanta ([[Nandita Das]]). Both Dil Navaz, the Ice-Candy Man ([[Aamir Khan]]), and Hassan, the Masseur ([[Rahul Khanna]]) are Muslim and in love with Shanta. Shanta, Dil, and Hassan are part of a small group of friends from different faiths (some of whom work for Lenny's family) who spend their days together in the park. With partition, however, this once unified group of friends becomes divided and tragedy ensues.

==Cast==
* [[Aamir Khan]] – Dil Nawaz
* [[Rahul Khanna]] – Hassan, the Masseur
* [[Nandita Das]] – Shanta, the maid
* Maia Sethna – Lenny Sethna
* [[Shabana Azmi]] – older Lenny, narrator
* [[Kitu Gidwani]] – Bunty Sethna
* [[Arif Zakaria]] – Rustom Sethna
* [[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]] – Imam Din
* Kumar Rajendra – Refugee Police
* [[Pavan Malhotra]] – Butcher
* [[Raghubir Yadav]]

==Critical reception==

===Reviews===
The film holds an 86% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 35 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|title=Earth|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/earth_1999/|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=7 December 2017|language=en}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film three out of four stars and states that ''Earth'', "is effective because it doesn't require much history from its viewers, explains what needs to be known, and has a universal message."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19991015/REVIEWS/910150301/1023 |title= Earth |access-date=9 December 2008 |last= Ebert |first= Roger |date= 1999-10-15 |work= [[Chicago Sun-Times]] }}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' described it as "a powerful and disturbing reminder of how a civilization can suddenly crack under certain pressures."<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nytimes.com/library/film/091099earth-film-review.html |title= 'Earth': India Torn Apart, as a Child Sees It |access-date=9 December 2008 |last= Holden |first= Stephen |date= 1999-09-19 |work = [[The New York Times]] }}</ref> ''[[The New Yorker]]'' argues that, "Deepa Mehta handles her material convincingly, and the cast is so likable that they wear the larger themes like beautiful garments."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/earth |title= Earth |access-date=9 December 2008 |last= Gustavson |first= Jeff |date= 1999-09-27 |work= [[The New Yorker]] }}</ref> Rediff.com notes that, "Aamir Khan has probably given the best performance of his life. It is hard to imagine another actor bringing alive the nuances of the ice-candy man the way he does."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.rediff.com/entertai/1999/sep/10earth.htm|title= Breaking new ground |access-date=9 December 2008 |last= Verma |first= Suparn |date= 1999-09-10 |work= [[Rediff]] }}</ref> ''Planet Bollywood'' gave the film a 9.5 out of 10 and stated that, "''Earth'' is strongly recommended to those who want to see a different type of Hindi film and who are tired of the usual boy meets girl stories and revenge dramas."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planetbollywood.com/Film/earth.html|title=Earth|access-date=9 December 2008|last=Joshi|first=Aniket Joshi|publisher=Planet Bollywood|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122203326/http://www.planetbollywood.com/Film/earth.html|archive-date=22 January 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
* [[Asian Film Festival]] – Best Film Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/4EB0E91A766E8BE565256940004BD6C6|title=Mehta's Earth wins acclaim at Asian festival|work=[[The Economic Times]]|date=11 March 1999|access-date=15 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725214332/http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/4EB0E91A766E8BE565256940004BD6C6|archive-date=25 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Filmfare Best Male Debut Award]] – [[Rahul Khanna]]
* [[Filmfare Best Female Debut Award]] – [[Nandita Das]]
* ''Earth'' was India's official entry for the [[71st Academy Awards|71st Academy Award]] for Best Foreign Language Film in 1999, but was not included among the final five nominees selected by the [[AMPAS]].

==Soundtrack==

{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline =
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length =
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics = [[Javed Akhtar]]
| all_music = [[A. R. Rahman]]

| writing_credits =
| lyrics_credits =
| music_credits =
| title2 = Banno Rani
| note2 =
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| music2 =
| extra2 = [[Sadhana Sargam]]
| length2 = 4:09
| title4 = Dheemi Dheemi
| note4 =
| writer4 =
| lyrics4 =
| music4 =
| extra4 = [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]]
| length4 = 5:16

| title3 = Ishwar Allah
| note3 =
| writer3 =
| lyrics3 =
| music3 =
| extra3 = [[Anuradha Sriram]], [[Sujatha Mohan]]
| length3 = 5:15

| title5 = Raat Ki Daldal Hain
| note5 =
| writer5 =
| lyrics5 =
| music5 =
| extra5 = [[Sukhwinder Singh]]
| length5 = 4:05

| title1 = Ruth Aa Gayee Re
| note1 =
| writer1 =
| lyrics1 =
| music1 =
| extra1 = [[Sukhwinder Singh]]
| length1 = 5:31
| title6 = Yeh Jo Zindagi Hain
| note6 =
| writer6 =
| lyrics6 =
| music6 =
| extra6 = [[Srinivas (singer)|Srinivas]], Sujata Trivedi
| length6 = 4:51

| title7 = Yeh Jo Zindagi Hain
| note7 =
| writer7 =
| lyrics7 =
| music7 =
| extra7 = [[Srinivas (singer)|Srinivas]], [[Sukhwinder Singh]]
| length7 = 4:07

| title8 = Piano Theme
| note8 = Instrumental
| writer8 =
| lyrics8 =
| music8 =
| extra8 =
| length8 = 1:53

| title9 = Theme Music
| note9 = Instrumental
| writer9 =
| lyrics9 =
| music9 =
| extra9 =
| length9 = 4:50
}}

==See also==
* [[List of Asian historical drama films]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0150433|title=Earth}}
*[https://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1956905241?ref_=ttvi_vi_imdb_1 Official trailer]
* {{Amg movie|173718|Earth}}

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{{Indian submission for Academy Awards}}
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