Water (2005)

Summary: Set in colonial India against Gandhi's rise to power, it's the story of 8-year-old Chuyia, who is widowed and sent to a home to live in penitence; once there, Chuyia's feisty presence deeply affects the lives of the other residents.

Release Date: November 04, 2005

Genre: Drama

Director: Deepa Mehta

Writers: Anurag Kashyap

, Deepa Mehta

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Deepa Mehta Films, Flagship International, David Hamilton Productions, Echo Lake Entertainment, Noble Nomad Pictures, The Harold Greenberg Fund, Téléfilm Canada

Distributor: Searchlight Pictures

Countries: Canada, United States, India

Language: Hindi

Domestic: $ 5,529,144

International: $ 7,485,812

8 - Douban
375 votes

Earth (1998)

Summary: It's 1947 and the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl witnesses tragedy as her ayah (nanny) is caught between the love of two men and the rising tide of political and religious violence.

Release Date: September 10, 1999

Genres: Drama, Romance, War

Director: Deepa Mehta

Writers: Deepa Mehta

, Bapsi Sidhwa

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Cracking the Earth Films Inc., Hamilton-Mehta Productions, Jhamu Sughand Productions

Distributor: Zeitgeist Films

Countries: India, Canada

Language: Hindi

Domestic: $ 424,798

7.3 - Douban
440 votes

Midnight's Children (2012)

Summary: A pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from Britain grow up in the country that is nothing like their parents' generation.

Release Date: December 26, 2012

Genre: Drama

Director: Deepa Mehta