Deepa Mehta
Deepa Mehta
Deepa Mehta, OC OOntis an Indo-Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire, Earth, and Water; 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, and the first to receive an Oscar nomination. She also...
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth1 January 1950
Deepa Mehta quotes about
children
What the children see, they do, ... What they do doesn't come of nothing.
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Even though ashrams... probably still exist in India, you don't find a child widow anymore.
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It was difficult in India to find an eight year old who could play a widow. The reason for that is that most of the children in India are really exposed to Bollywood. It's commercial Indian cinema which is really over the top. To find an actor, or even a non-actor, who felt natural was difficult.
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I'm getting calls. They say that I'm defiling the name of India -- but I don't see how!
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It's rather simplistic but that's what it is: That there is room for redemption and hope, however grim things are; that the human spirit does have that ability to do something that is selfless, even under the most horrendous circumstances.
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When it happened, in many ways it was absolutely disheartening. There was no way of getting strength from something that was so destructive.
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To make 'Water' was akin to climbing Mount Everest -- a hard journey.
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To make WATER was akin to climbing Everest; a hard journey. But where to go from there? Having Fox Searchlight distribute the film in the U.S. is like finding a stairway to Heaven. I couldn't be more pleased.
climbing distribute finding fox hard journey stairway
To make 'Water' was akin to climbing Everest; a hard journey. But where to go from there? Having Fox Searchlight distribute the film in the U.S. is like finding a stairway to Heaven. I couldn't be more pleased.
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Water has been such a tumultuous journey, ... and it has been heart-breaking and scary and very dangerous. To put it on hold for five years ...
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And then it wouldn't be opening the Toronto film festival and it wouldn't be opening around the world.
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The strength only came later. That was the conviction of a filmmaker. The strength came from my belief in the script.
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I couldn't make Water until I stopped being angry ... it took me five years to get over my anger. Why are we so scared of showing the truth? Why can't we question aspects of our tradition that aren't so great?
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It makes them feel good. It makes them feel like they belong in Canada -- and it's not just lip service.