Cast & Crew
B
Barry Farrell
Editor
N
Neelam Mansingh Chowdhury
Costume Design
A
Aradhana Seth
Production Design
Movie Details
Theatrical Release:August 22nd, 1997
On DVD & Blu-ray:June 27th, 2000
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Movie Box Office Gross:$501,533 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Kaleidoscope Entertainment, Trial by Fire Films
Elements Trilogy
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. 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. 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.
