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Deepa Mehta, OC OOnt (Hindi: दीपा मेहता, [d̪iːpaː ˈmeːɦt̪aː] born September 15, 1950 is an Indo-Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005); among which Earth was sent by India as its official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Water was Canada's official entry for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, making it only the second non-French-language Canadian film to put forth for consideration in that category (the first being Zacharias Kunuk's 2001 Inuktitut-language feature, Atanarjuat), and the first to receive an Oscar nomination. She also co-founded Hamilton-Mehta Productions, with her husband, producer David Hamilton in 1996. She was awarded a Genie Award in 2003 for the screenplay of Bollywood/Hollywood. In May 2012, Mehta received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts.
Mehta is an Indian surname.
The word Mehta means "chief", and is derived from the Sanskrit word mahita ("great" or "praised"). It is found among several Indian communities, including Hindus, Jains, Parsis and Sikhs. Among Hindus, it is used by a wide range of castes and social groups, including Banias, Brahmins and Khatris.
People with this surname are native to north-western regions of India, including Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra (Mumbai). In Rajasthan, Mehta was originally used as a term of respect applied to non-Rajput administrative office holders, most of whom were Oswals, other Vaishyas and Kayeths. In Gujarati language, the term was used to address teachers and accountants, and became associated with these professions. Among Oswals, Porwal Banias and Punjabi Khatris, it is a clan name.
Notable individuals with this surname include:
Deepa (hindi : दीपा) is a Hindu/Sanskrit Indian popular feminine given name, which means "lamp" and "light".
http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/ Deepa Mehta is one of Canada's most respected and critically acclaimed filmmakers. Over the years, she's made some incredibly thought-provoking films - at times dark and heavy, at times complicated and controversial, at times extremely dangerous. Her latest is 'Midnight's Children,' based on Salman Rushdie's novel. It opens November 2 in Toronto and Vancouver and November 9 in the rest of Canada. George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight airs Weeknights at 7 pm on CBC Television Subscribe:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TheHour Follow George: On twitter: http://www.twitter.com/strombo On facebook: http://www.facebook.com/strombo
Radha and Sita are two sisters-in-law who live in the same house, in New Delhi, in a conservative Indian family. Stifled by the family, the two women will find happiness and freedom thanks to the love that grows between them. The title alludes to both the passion that ignites between the protagonists and sati, the now illegal ritual by which Indian widows used to be burned along with their husband's corpse. DEEPA MEHTA Deepa Mehta is an Indo-Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005). Earth was sent by India as its official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Water was Canada's official entry for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, making it Canada's first non-French Canadia...
This short film is a tribute to award-winning director and screenwriter Deepa Mehta. A true cultural hybrid, Mehta has been described as a “transnational” artist, able to tell universally meaningful stories from a uniquely Canadian point of view. In a career spanning over 30 years she has consistently broken new ground, tackling such controversial issues as intolerance, cultural discrimination and domestic violence. As an Indian who grew up speaking English first in a British Colonial School and then learning Hindi, she finds her passion and her stories in India, and the freedom to choose how to tell those stories in Canada. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in co-operation with the National Arts Centre and the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation on the occas...
The conclusion of Deepa Mehta's Elements Trilogy and possibly the director's most beloved work, Water had a particularly fraught production history: the initial shoot was scuttled when the film's Indian sets were burned down by Hindu fundamentalists, forcing Mehta to remount the film three years later, gathering a new cast and shooting secretly in Sri Lanka. Set in Varanasi in the late 1930s, against the backdrop of Gandhi's non-violent protests and campaign to better the condition of women, Water takes place in an ashram where widows both old and young (including a girl of seven) are sent to live out their lives in austerity after the deaths of their husbands. When a beautiful young widow (Lisa Ray) who has been forced into prostitution by the ashram's imperious overseer begins an affair ...
Deepa Mehta, an Indian filmmaker, chats about the countries emotional reaction to her film "Fire" about the romance of two women.
My all time favourite film Fire, by Deepa Mehta, from the Fire, Earth, Water trilogy and in my opinion the best one! Go and watch it!!! It's great, this montage has just my favourite scenes but there are many more characters and storylines in the film! The song is Anywhere by Evanescence. No copyright infringement intended. This is a tribute and hopefully will get some more people watching the film!! And Deepa's/Shabana's/Nandita's films in general. Please comment!!! I'd love to hear your views on the film and/or my video!!
Midnight's Children is an epic film from Oscar-nominated director Deepa Mehta, based on the Booker Prize winning novel by Salman Rushdie. At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, as India proclaims independence from Great Britain, two newborn babies are switched by a nurse in a Bombay hospital. Saleem Sinai, the illegitimate son of a poor woman, and Shiva, the offspring of a wealthy couple, are fated to live the destiny meant for each other. Their lives become mysteriously intertwined and are inextricably linked to India's whirlwind journey of triumphs and disasters. Hopeful, comic and magical -- the film conjures images and characters as rich and unforgettable as India herself.
Earth is a 1998 film directed by Deepa Mehta. The film stars Aamir khan, Nandita das and Rahul khanna Plot: The story is set in 1947 in Lahore, where Hindu, Sikh, Parsee, and Muslim share a peaceful co-existence. Events are seen from the point of view of eight-year-old Lenny (Maia Sethna), a girl from an affluent Parsee family. Lenny's nanny, Shantya (Nandita Das), is involved with the Muslim Masseur (Rahul Khanna). When a train of Muslims arrives at the local depot and all the passengers are found murdered, the various sects turn against each other, and the city is soon aflame
We interview Canadian director Deepa Mehta about her career and her next film project, Secret Daughter (based on the novel of the same name). We also find out her top 5 must-see movies of all time. For more fashion, culture and South Asian lifestyle, visit http://www.jugnistyle.com, and subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/jugnistyle. Interview and editor: Naveen Girn | Videographer: Monica Cheema | Producer: Manjot Bains | Thanks: Indian Summer Festival Get social with Jugni Style: Twitter: http://twitter.com/jugnistyle Facebook: http://facebook.com/jugnistyle Instagram: http://instagram.com/jugnistyle Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/jugnistyle
Earth is a 1998 film directed by Deepa Mehta. The film stars Aamir khan, Nandita das and Rahul khanna Plot: The story is set in 1947 in Lahore, where Hindu, Sikh, Parsee, and Muslim share a peaceful co-existence. Events are seen from the point of view of eight-year-old Lenny (Maia Sethna), a girl from an affluent Parsee family. Lenny's nanny, Shantya (Nandita Das), is involved with the Muslim Masseur (Rahul Khanna). When a train of Muslims arrives at the local depot and all the passengers are found murdered, the various sects turn against each other, and the city is soon aflame
Indian-Canadian romantic drama film, The film opens with young Radha sitting in a mustard field with her parents. Her mother tells her a story of a person who wanted to see the ocean. The film flashes forward to Sita, a newly married woman. Her husband Jatin is distant and shows little interest in Sita. Jatin is in a typical joint-family arrangement. He lives with his older brother Ashok, his sister-in-law Radha, his invalid mother (Biji) and the family servant Mundu. Ashok and Jatin run a small store that sells food and rents videotapes. Sita is in a typical arranged marriage, but learns that Jatin married her only to put an end to Ashok's nagging. Jatin continues to date his Chinese girlfriend. Sita does not rebuke him for fear that it may bring dishonour to her parents. The rest of Jati...
Celebrated filmmaker Deepa Mehta investigates one of India’s most notorious crimes — the 2012 gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman on a Delhi bus — in her angry, impassioned and essential new film. Following today's screening, please join us for a panel discussion exploring the complicity of societal mores in fostering violence against women. The panel will be moderated by Now Magazine's Susan Cole and will feature Senator Ratna Omidvar; Dr. Wendy Cukier from the Diversity Institute at Ryerson University; Peter Sloly, Executive Director of Deloitte Touche and former Deputy Police Chief Toronto; Dr. Sandy Simpson, Chief of the Forensic Psychiatry at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; Dr. Suvercha Pasricha from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; and Director Deepa M...
Film-maker Deepa Mehta speaks to Madhu Trehan on the Delhi rape, her films being on how women are perceived by men in India and the choices women have, dealing with censorship, why Midnight's Children is "a woman's story", getting to know Salman Rushdie and more... To watch this and many more videos, click on http://www.newslaundry.com/
Water (Hindi: वाटर), is a 2005 Indo-Canadian film written and directed by Deepa Mehta, with screenplay by Anurag Kashyap.[3] It is set in 1938 and explores the lives of widows at an ashram in Varanasi, India. The film is also the third and final instalment of Mehta's Elements trilogy. It was preceded by Fire (1996) and Earth (1998). Author Bapsi Sidhwa wrote the 2006 novel based upon the film, Water: A Novel, published by Milkweed Press. Sidhwa's earlier novel, Cracking India was the basis for Earth, the second film in the trilogy. Water is a dark introspect into the tales of rural Indian widows in the 1940s and covers controversial subjects such as misogyny and ostracism. The film premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was honoured with the Opening Night Gala,...
Filmmaker Deepa Mehta is no stranger to controversy -- in fact, the Indian and Iranian governments have each tried, unsuccessfully, to shut down her work. The Academy Award nominated Mehta speaks with Ian Brown about her film career as well as a work in progress. This conversation took place in 2013 at The Banff Centre. Follow the Banff Centre: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBanffCentre Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebanffcentre Website: https://banffcentre.ca
A Catholic priest becomes involved in an amorous relationship with a local nurse. In a small coastal village of Kerala in Southern India, an ambitious priest, who has a promising future in the ecclesiastical order, finds himself in a state of acute dilemma because of his accidental affair with a young woman. Despite his earnest effort on penance he slides deeper in to abyss of the amoral communion. An Indian Film (2005) in English by Vinod Pande.
Before the Rains is set in 1930s Malabar District of the Madras Presidency of British India, against the backdrop of a growing nationalist movement. An idealistic young Indian man, T.K. (Rahul Bose) finds himself torn between his ambitions for the future and his loyalty to tradition when people in his village learn of an affair between his British boss and close friend Henry Moores (Linus Roache) and a married village woman Sajani (Nandita Das). Henry and T.K. are working on building a road in rural Kerala. The start of the film focuses on the affair between Henry and his house maid Sajani. They make love near a waterfall, witnessed by two children who flee. Both Henry and Sajani are married to different partners and both know of each other's marriages. Henry's wife and son return from th...
Join Stu Girling as he interviews the very lively Deepika Mehta in another fascinating Interview. Deepika Shares her journey about Ashtanga Yoga, how she came over a major accident which had her bed ridden for nearly two years. They cover the following topics :- 0:10 About the accident and immobility 5:05 On meditation and healing 9:23 On movement and Yoga after injury 11:11 On the time it took to get back to mobility 16:00 Mind over matter, getting out of difficulties 17:42 The main goal is happiness 22:00 Confronting the Rigidity in Ashtanga 23:44 Approaching difficulties in practice 25:10 Dealing with tighter body parts 28:59 Having Patience and Empathy for students 31:05 Respecting our teachers 32:50 Dealing with celebrity students and issues 35:53 Working on giving adjustm...
We interview Canadian director Deepa Mehta about her career and her next film project, Secret Daughter (based on the novel of the same name). We also find out her top 5 must-see movies of all time. For more fashion, culture and South Asian lifestyle, visit http://www.jugnistyle.com, and subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/jugnistyle. Interview and editor: Naveen Girn | Videographer: Monica Cheema | Producer: Manjot Bains | Thanks: Indian Summer Festival Get social with Jugni Style: Twitter: http://twitter.com/jugnistyle Facebook: http://facebook.com/jugnistyle Instagram: http://instagram.com/jugnistyle Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/jugnistyle
Film-maker Deepa Mehta speaks to Madhu Trehan on the Delhi rape, her films being on how women are perceived by men in India and the choices women have, dealing with censorship, why Midnight's Children is "a woman's story", getting to know Salman Rushdie and more... To watch this and many more videos, click on http://www.newslaundry.com/
Deepa Mehta, an Indian filmmaker, chats about the countries emotional reaction to her film "Fire" about the romance of two women.
This week on One on One, meet Dheepa Mehta, the independent and determined Indian-born, Canadian director.
Dr. Rachael Turkienicz discusses the world of women portrayed within the films produced by internationally acclaimed filmmaker Deepa Mehta. The imagery and symbols of spirituality that have built a celebration of women as depicted through the elements films are explored by Rachael and Deepa. www.rachaelscentre.org
Deepa Mehta is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, born in Amritsar, India. She attended the University of New Delhi, graduating with a Masters degree in Philosophy before immigrating to Canada in 1973. Mehta has received international acclaim for her moving and provocative films, which often explore issues of human rights and social injustice. She is perhaps best known for her epic ‘Elements trilogy’ - Fire (1996), Earth (1998) and Water (2005). The latter was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. She is also well known for her other features including ‘Sam and Me’ (1991), ‘Bollywood/Hollywood’ (2002), ‘The Republic of Love’ (2003), ‘Heaven on Earth’ (2008), ‘Midnight’s Children’ (2012), and ‘Beeba Boys’ (2015). Mehta received the Governor General’s Per...
Deepa Mehta's film 1947-Earth is about the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan, seen through the eyes of a young girl. The film starred Aamir Khan, Maia Sethna, Nandita Das and Shabana Azmi in lead role.
"I felt betrayed by my country" At a BAFTA A Life in Pictures event, writer/director Deepa Mehta talks about her reaction to rioting and death threats when shooting her film Water in India. Deepa Mehta's most notable work is the "elements" trilogy, Fire, Earth and Water for which she was nominated for an Oscar in 2006. Watch the full interview on the BAFTA website: http://tinyurl.com/deepamehta
May 2006 'Water', the latest film by controversial director Deepa Mehta has provoked a wave of political protests in India. But Deepa Mehta has no regrets. The film reveals how widows are condemned by religious law to live as outcasts. "There were all sorts of mumblings that the script was anti-Hindu," recalls Mehta. "Before we knew it, mobs materialised and threw our sets into the river and started burning my effigy." Protestors managed to stop filming in India and the production was moved to Sri Lanka. But many of the protestors were simply targeting Mehta because of her earlier film, 'Fire'. It depicted lesbians in India and was accused of encouraging homosexuality. Produced by SBS/Dateline Distributed by Journeyman Pictures
Shriya Saran talks about filming Midnight's Children with director Deepa Mehta, the intimate scenes and the hot kiss with Satya Bhabha. Watch Midnight's Children interview with Charles Dance http://youtu.be/s-svwAW-Gyg http://bit.ly/movie-interviews-tv - Watch more movie interviews! http://FlicksAndTheCity.com - Visit Flicks and the City! http://facebook.com/FlicksAndTheCity - Like Flicks and the City on Facebook! http://twitter.com/flickscity - Follow Flicks and the City on Twitter! Interviewer: Jan Gilbert http://twitter.com/jan_gilbert - Follow Jan on Twitter! http://JanGilbert.co.uk - Visit JanGilbert.co.uk! Shriya Saran was on the red carpet for the London UK premiere of Midnight's Children. Midnight's Children also stars Satya Bhabha, Shahana Goswami and Rajat Kapoor, is direct...
http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/ Deepa Mehta is one of Canada's most respected and critically acclaimed filmmakers. Over the years, she's made some incredibly thought-provoking films - at times dark and heavy, at times complicated and controversial, at times extremely dangerous. Her latest is 'Midnight's Children,' based on Salman Rushdie's novel. It opens November 2 in Toronto and Vancouver and November 9 in the rest of Canada. George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight airs Weeknights at 7 pm on CBC Television Subscribe:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TheHour Follow George: On twitter: http://www.twitter.com/strombo On facebook: http://www.facebook.com/strombo
Radha and Sita are two sisters-in-law who live in the same house, in New Delhi, in a conservative Indian family. Stifled by the family, the two women will find happiness and freedom thanks to the love that grows between them. The title alludes to both the passion that ignites between the protagonists and sati, the now illegal ritual by which Indian widows used to be burned along with their husband's corpse. DEEPA MEHTA Deepa Mehta is an Indo-Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005). Earth was sent by India as its official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Water was Canada's official entry for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, making it Canada's first non-French Canadia...
This short film is a tribute to award-winning director and screenwriter Deepa Mehta. A true cultural hybrid, Mehta has been described as a “transnational” artist, able to tell universally meaningful stories from a uniquely Canadian point of view. In a career spanning over 30 years she has consistently broken new ground, tackling such controversial issues as intolerance, cultural discrimination and domestic violence. As an Indian who grew up speaking English first in a British Colonial School and then learning Hindi, she finds her passion and her stories in India, and the freedom to choose how to tell those stories in Canada. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in co-operation with the National Arts Centre and the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation on the occas...
The conclusion of Deepa Mehta's Elements Trilogy and possibly the director's most beloved work, Water had a particularly fraught production history: the initial shoot was scuttled when the film's Indian sets were burned down by Hindu fundamentalists, forcing Mehta to remount the film three years later, gathering a new cast and shooting secretly in Sri Lanka. Set in Varanasi in the late 1930s, against the backdrop of Gandhi's non-violent protests and campaign to better the condition of women, Water takes place in an ashram where widows both old and young (including a girl of seven) are sent to live out their lives in austerity after the deaths of their husbands. When a beautiful young widow (Lisa Ray) who has been forced into prostitution by the ashram's imperious overseer begins an affair ...
Deepa Mehta, an Indian filmmaker, chats about the countries emotional reaction to her film "Fire" about the romance of two women.
My all time favourite film Fire, by Deepa Mehta, from the Fire, Earth, Water trilogy and in my opinion the best one! Go and watch it!!! It's great, this montage has just my favourite scenes but there are many more characters and storylines in the film! The song is Anywhere by Evanescence. No copyright infringement intended. This is a tribute and hopefully will get some more people watching the film!! And Deepa's/Shabana's/Nandita's films in general. Please comment!!! I'd love to hear your views on the film and/or my video!!
Midnight's Children is an epic film from Oscar-nominated director Deepa Mehta, based on the Booker Prize winning novel by Salman Rushdie. At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, as India proclaims independence from Great Britain, two newborn babies are switched by a nurse in a Bombay hospital. Saleem Sinai, the illegitimate son of a poor woman, and Shiva, the offspring of a wealthy couple, are fated to live the destiny meant for each other. Their lives become mysteriously intertwined and are inextricably linked to India's whirlwind journey of triumphs and disasters. Hopeful, comic and magical -- the film conjures images and characters as rich and unforgettable as India herself.
Earth is a 1998 film directed by Deepa Mehta. The film stars Aamir khan, Nandita das and Rahul khanna Plot: The story is set in 1947 in Lahore, where Hindu, Sikh, Parsee, and Muslim share a peaceful co-existence. Events are seen from the point of view of eight-year-old Lenny (Maia Sethna), a girl from an affluent Parsee family. Lenny's nanny, Shantya (Nandita Das), is involved with the Muslim Masseur (Rahul Khanna). When a train of Muslims arrives at the local depot and all the passengers are found murdered, the various sects turn against each other, and the city is soon aflame
We interview Canadian director Deepa Mehta about her career and her next film project, Secret Daughter (based on the novel of the same name). We also find out her top 5 must-see movies of all time. For more fashion, culture and South Asian lifestyle, visit http://www.jugnistyle.com, and subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/jugnistyle. Interview and editor: Naveen Girn | Videographer: Monica Cheema | Producer: Manjot Bains | Thanks: Indian Summer Festival Get social with Jugni Style: Twitter: http://twitter.com/jugnistyle Facebook: http://facebook.com/jugnistyle Instagram: http://instagram.com/jugnistyle Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/jugnistyle
Earth is a 1998 film directed by Deepa Mehta. The film stars Aamir khan, Nandita das and Rahul khanna Plot: The story is set in 1947 in Lahore, where Hindu, Sikh, Parsee, and Muslim share a peaceful co-existence. Events are seen from the point of view of eight-year-old Lenny (Maia Sethna), a girl from an affluent Parsee family. Lenny's nanny, Shantya (Nandita Das), is involved with the Muslim Masseur (Rahul Khanna). When a train of Muslims arrives at the local depot and all the passengers are found murdered, the various sects turn against each other, and the city is soon aflame
Indian-Canadian romantic drama film, The film opens with young Radha sitting in a mustard field with her parents. Her mother tells her a story of a person who wanted to see the ocean. The film flashes forward to Sita, a newly married woman. Her husband Jatin is distant and shows little interest in Sita. Jatin is in a typical joint-family arrangement. He lives with his older brother Ashok, his sister-in-law Radha, his invalid mother (Biji) and the family servant Mundu. Ashok and Jatin run a small store that sells food and rents videotapes. Sita is in a typical arranged marriage, but learns that Jatin married her only to put an end to Ashok's nagging. Jatin continues to date his Chinese girlfriend. Sita does not rebuke him for fear that it may bring dishonour to her parents. The rest of Jati...
Celebrated filmmaker Deepa Mehta investigates one of India’s most notorious crimes — the 2012 gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman on a Delhi bus — in her angry, impassioned and essential new film. Following today's screening, please join us for a panel discussion exploring the complicity of societal mores in fostering violence against women. The panel will be moderated by Now Magazine's Susan Cole and will feature Senator Ratna Omidvar; Dr. Wendy Cukier from the Diversity Institute at Ryerson University; Peter Sloly, Executive Director of Deloitte Touche and former Deputy Police Chief Toronto; Dr. Sandy Simpson, Chief of the Forensic Psychiatry at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; Dr. Suvercha Pasricha from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; and Director Deepa M...
Film-maker Deepa Mehta speaks to Madhu Trehan on the Delhi rape, her films being on how women are perceived by men in India and the choices women have, dealing with censorship, why Midnight's Children is "a woman's story", getting to know Salman Rushdie and more... To watch this and many more videos, click on http://www.newslaundry.com/
Water (Hindi: वाटर), is a 2005 Indo-Canadian film written and directed by Deepa Mehta, with screenplay by Anurag Kashyap.[3] It is set in 1938 and explores the lives of widows at an ashram in Varanasi, India. The film is also the third and final instalment of Mehta's Elements trilogy. It was preceded by Fire (1996) and Earth (1998). Author Bapsi Sidhwa wrote the 2006 novel based upon the film, Water: A Novel, published by Milkweed Press. Sidhwa's earlier novel, Cracking India was the basis for Earth, the second film in the trilogy. Water is a dark introspect into the tales of rural Indian widows in the 1940s and covers controversial subjects such as misogyny and ostracism. The film premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was honoured with the Opening Night Gala,...
Filmmaker Deepa Mehta is no stranger to controversy -- in fact, the Indian and Iranian governments have each tried, unsuccessfully, to shut down her work. The Academy Award nominated Mehta speaks with Ian Brown about her film career as well as a work in progress. This conversation took place in 2013 at The Banff Centre. Follow the Banff Centre: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBanffCentre Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebanffcentre Website: https://banffcentre.ca
A Catholic priest becomes involved in an amorous relationship with a local nurse. In a small coastal village of Kerala in Southern India, an ambitious priest, who has a promising future in the ecclesiastical order, finds himself in a state of acute dilemma because of his accidental affair with a young woman. Despite his earnest effort on penance he slides deeper in to abyss of the amoral communion. An Indian Film (2005) in English by Vinod Pande.
Before the Rains is set in 1930s Malabar District of the Madras Presidency of British India, against the backdrop of a growing nationalist movement. An idealistic young Indian man, T.K. (Rahul Bose) finds himself torn between his ambitions for the future and his loyalty to tradition when people in his village learn of an affair between his British boss and close friend Henry Moores (Linus Roache) and a married village woman Sajani (Nandita Das). Henry and T.K. are working on building a road in rural Kerala. The start of the film focuses on the affair between Henry and his house maid Sajani. They make love near a waterfall, witnessed by two children who flee. Both Henry and Sajani are married to different partners and both know of each other's marriages. Henry's wife and son return from th...
Join Stu Girling as he interviews the very lively Deepika Mehta in another fascinating Interview. Deepika Shares her journey about Ashtanga Yoga, how she came over a major accident which had her bed ridden for nearly two years. They cover the following topics :- 0:10 About the accident and immobility 5:05 On meditation and healing 9:23 On movement and Yoga after injury 11:11 On the time it took to get back to mobility 16:00 Mind over matter, getting out of difficulties 17:42 The main goal is happiness 22:00 Confronting the Rigidity in Ashtanga 23:44 Approaching difficulties in practice 25:10 Dealing with tighter body parts 28:59 Having Patience and Empathy for students 31:05 Respecting our teachers 32:50 Dealing with celebrity students and issues 35:53 Working on giving adjustm...