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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1998 DVD Release: 04/08/2003 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 41 mins Studio: New Yorker Video Members Wishing: 12 Genres: Drama, Period Film, Political Drama, Romantic Epic

Deepa Mehta directed this Indian-Canadian romantic drama, the second part of a trilogy. Based on Bapsi Sidhwa's autobiography, -Cracking India, the story is set in 1947 in Lahore, where Hindu, Sikh, Parsee, and Muslim share a peaceful co-existence. Events are seen from the point of view of eight-year-old Lenny (Maia Sethna), a girl from an affluent Parsee family. Lenny's nanny, Shantya (Nandita Das), is involved with the Muslim Masseur (Rahul Khanna). 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. Shown at the 1998 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Aamir Khan - Dil Nawaz, Ice Candy Man
Nandita Das - Ayah Shanta
Rahul Khanna - Hasan
Maia Sethna - Lenny
Kitu Gidwani - Bunty Sethna