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Call Number: DVD FLC-HIN Earth
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Based on the book Cracking India (previously published as: Ice-candy-man) by Bapsi Sidhwa.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1999.
Letterboxed.
Features: original theatrical trailer.
Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, Rahul Khanna, Maia Sethna.
A romantic drama set in 1947 in Lahore before India and Pakistan became independent, where Hindu, Sikh, Parsee, and Muslim share a peaceful co-existence. Events are seen from the point of view of eight-year-old Lenny, a girl from an affluent Parsee family. Lenny's nanny, Shantya, is involved with the Muslim Masseur. 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.
DVD.
Contents: Ice-candy-man.

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SERIES
International cinema.


LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Dialogue in Hindi, Urdu, Parsee and Punjabi with optional English subtitles.

PUBLISHED
[New York, NY] : New Yorker Video, c2003.
Year Published: 2003
Description: 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1567302335 :

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Mehta, Deepa, 1949-
Khan, Aamir.
Das, Nandita.
Khanna, Rahul.
Sidhwa, Bapsi.
Cracking the Earth Films, Inc.
New Yorker Video (Firm)

SUBJECTS
India -- History -- Partition, 1947 -- Drama.
Hindi language materials.
Feature films.
Motion pictures, Hindi.
Videos (DVD)