Cast & Crew
C
Colin Monie
Editor
G
Giles Nuttgens
Director of Photography
S
Sumant Jayakrishnan
Art Direction
R
Rumana Hamied
Set Decoration
Movie Details
Theatrical Release:September 8th, 2005
On DVD & Blu-ray:August 29th, 2006
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Movie Box Office Gross:$10,422,387 (Worldwide)
Original Language:Hindi
Executive Producers:Ajay Virmani,
Doug Mankoff,
Mark Burton
Production Companies:David Hamilton Productions, Flagship International, Noble Nomad Pictures, Echo Lake Entertainment, Fox Searchlight Pictures
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.
