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
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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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Even though ashrams... probably still exist in India, you don't find a child widow anymore.
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The most interesting part of IIFA is that I get to meet filmmakers from India. I just attended a symposium on Satyajit Ray with Rituparno Ghosh and others. It was just so satisfying
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I think the Indian woman is extremely strong and they are finding for themselves a platform to take care of themselves.
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We aren't talking about theatres where Indians largely attend. Yes, 'Water' has gone mainstream with an 80-print release all over the US. But before that we have a large release at the end of March in Spain and Australia in April.
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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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What the children see, they do, ... What they do doesn't come of nothing.
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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.
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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.
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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.