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Heaven on Earth
20081 h 44 min 55 secFilm: Fiction
Direction: Deepa Mehta
Production: David HamiltonAnita LeeMehernaz LentinRavi ChopraSilva BasmajianDeepa MehtaSanjay Bhuttiani
Script: Deepa Mehta
Produced by Hamilton Mehta Productions Inc. in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada.
In Heaven on Earth, acclaimed director Deepa Mehta
highlights the isolation and disappointment faced by a family of Punjabi
immigrants to Canada.
When Chand (played by Bollywood superstar Preity Zinta) arrives in
Brampton, Ontario to meet her new husband, she leaves behind a loving family
and supportive community. Now, in a new country, she finds herself living in a
modest suburban home with seven other people and two part-time tenants. Inside
the home, she is at the mercy of her husband's temper, and her mother-in-law's
controlling behaviour.
After a magic root fails to transform her husband into a kind and loving
man, Chand takes refuge in a familiar Indian folk tale featuring a King Cobra.
Availability
Subject categories
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Asian OriginsCustoms and TraditionsImmigration Experience and Social AdjustmentWomen
- Families > CouplesFamily ViolenceImmigrant Experience
- Social Issues > Cultural GroupsFamily LifeViolence Against Women
- Women > Cultural GroupsFamily Life
- Social Studies > Contemporary Issues
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Family Diversity and Challenges
- History and Citizenship Education > Issues in Society Today
Credits
- cast
- Preity Zinta
- Gick Grewal
- Vansh Bhardwaj
- Geetika Sharma
- Orville Maciel
- Ramanjit Kaur
- Balinder Johal
- Rajinder Singh Cheema
- Gourrav Sihan
- Ramona Omidvar-Khullar
- Balwinder Singh Chana
- Rodny Ahluwalia
- Yanna McIntosh
- Indiana Jagait
- Dilbagh Dhaliwal
- Shainu Bala
- Dolly Malkiat
- Soni Soni
- writer
- Deepa Mehta
- director
- Deepa Mehta
- producer
- David Hamilton
- director of photography
- Giles Nuttgens
- production designer
- Dilip Mehta
- editor
- Colin Monie
- music score
- Mychael Danna
- sound recordist
- Sylvain Arseneault
- costume designer
- Rashmi Varma
- co-producer
- Anita Lee
- Mehernaz Lentin
- executive producer
- Ravi Chopra
- David Hamilton
- Silva Basmajian
- Deepa Mehta
- Sanjay Bhuttiani
- line production
- Stephen Traynor
- production manager
- Stephen Traynor
- 1st assistant director
- David McAree
- Siddhartha Luther
- 2nd assistant director
- Lorin Raine
- Ananya Rane
- associate producer
- Richard Blonski
- Swapna David
- Punjabi dialogue
- Surjit Singh Patar
- art director
- Bill Layton
- first assistant art director
- Jerry Nicolaou
- script supervisor
- Winnifred Jong
- workshop director
- Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry
- additional music
- Amritha Fernandes Bakshi
- 3rd assistant director
- David C. Malcolm
- trainee assistant director
- Divya D'Souza
- production accountant
- Doug Gillespie
- Lalit Jain
- first assistant accountant
- Susan Bassett
- production coordinator
- Alice Wickwire Foster
- Norma Mendoza
- Chandni Kumar
- assistant production coordinator
- Greg Denny
- office production assistant
- Graham Rogers
- first assistant camera trainee
- Yvonne Collins
- 2nd assistant camera
- Beth Nobes
- 3rd assistant camera
- David Rumley
- camera trainee
- Michael Battistone
- playback operator
- James Tamblyn
- B camera - 1st assistant camera
- Cylvan Desrouleux
- B camera - 2nd assistant camera
- Courtney Graham
- daily camera trainee
- Robyn Clarke
- daily loader
- Robyn Clarke
- David Rumley
- stills photographer
- Dusty Mancinelli
- casting director
- Marsha Chesley
- extras casting director
- Rakhi Mutta
- Jane Rogers Casting
- Edney Hendrickson
- Lara McMahon
- assistant costume designer
- Brenda Broer
- set supervisor
- Jennifer Buck
- truck coordinator
- Trish Nicholson
- daily wardrobe
- Liz Walter
- Paul Breckenridge
- Adrienne Trent
- Sarah Moodie
- Anne Peiponen
- gaffer
- Terry Banting
- Mulchand Dedhia
- best boy electric
- Chad Edwards
- electric
- John Docouto
- Bill Docouto
- daily electric
- Greg Burns
- Felicia Sims
- Paul Diaz
- Randy Brown
- Mike Aerid
- Kelly Richardson
- Ralph Swaby
- generator operator
- Mike Gowland
- key grip
- Harper Forbes
- best boy grip
- Joe McCormack
- dolly grip
- Jonny Wersta
- Ravi Shankar
- grip
- Todd Moores
- Shem Greg
- Chris Schillinger
- Maruti
- daily grip
- Chris Monk
- Rob Lopes
- John McGinley
- Robert Haid
- John Tennant
- James Grant
- Ram Yogendran
- key makeup
- Ava Stone
- assistant makeup
- Quinn Mathews
- key hair stylist
- Zinka Shankland
- assistant hair
- Peggy Kyriakidou
- daily hair
- James O'Reilly
- Carmella Dos Santos
- daily makeup
- Suzanne Benoit
- bridal makeup
- Kavita Suri
- director's assistant
- Dusty Mancinelli
- Tenzin Chogkyi
- Kabir Singh
- producer's assistant
- Vivian Hanwell
- assistant to production designer
- Aman Sandhu
- assistant
- Prasad Rao
- cast assistant
- Rohan Bader
- set decorator
- Jim Lambie
- lead dresser
- Christopher Galea
- set buyer
- Rob Hepburn
- set dresser
- Norm Ouzounis
- Mike Gibbs
- chief painter
- Zane Griffin
- on-set dresser
- Stephen MacDougall
- daily set decorator
- Norm Ouzounis
- David Herchenrader
- Matt Love
- Jamie Fleming
- Rob Manooch
- construction co-ordinator
- Dwight Doerksen
- head carpenter
- Ed Doerksen
- assistant head carpenter
- Bill Williamson
- key scenic
- Jack McCullough
- head painter
- Rob Taylor
- location manager
- Eardley Wilmot
- Darshan Aulakh
- assistant location manager
- Kyle O'Connor
- Catherine Crawford
- community liaison
- Rakhi Mutta
- location production assistant
- Paul Callaghan
- Igor Zambelli
- property master
- Craig Grant
- assistant props
- Tanya Lemke
- Ashu Sharma
- Vijay Kumar
- daily props
- Andrew Daley
- boom operator
- Eric Putzer
- Anil D'Mello
- daily second boom
- Nick Marian
- daily production assistant
- Christen Reynolds
- Chris Ross
- Greg Edmunds
- Gerrod Schully
- stunt coordinator
- Alison Reid
- Bryan Renfro
- special effects coordinator
- Derek Liscoumb
- snake wrangler
- Tiger Paw Exotics
- snake handler
- Tim Height
- education liaison
- Laurel Bresnahan
- tutor
- Ronald Zack
- transport coordinator
- Mike Curran
- Anant Singh
- transport captain
- Stephen "Sparky" Car
- head driver
- Steve Lambert
- driver
- Steve Warren
- Larry Greer
- Steve May
- Jim Ryder
- honey wagon
- Brian Jennison
- craft service
- Stargrazing
- set server
- Chris Taggart
- daily craft
- Rhona Kellman
- Kim Webber
- Daniella Garen
- Stacey Palin
- Shauna Jones
- caterer
- By David's
- Zara's Gourmet Kitchen
- security
- James Brownlee
- camera car
- Bill Hung
- camera car operator
- William Hong
- helium balloon operator
- Zach West
- stand-in
- Baljeet Samra
- Rick Garcia
- Amandeep Malik
- Kashif Kahn
- Angelo Aviles
- Janice Edwards
- daily medic
- Sean Carney
- post-production supervisor
- Mark Wilson
- Gregor Hutchison
- unit production manager
- Alok Kapur
- locations
- Kabir Singh
- focus puller
- N. Reddy
- 2nd assistant A camera
- Anil Devaiya
- camera attendant
- Santosh Ojha
- Sudharshan Chinoy
- Vinod Singh
- best boy
- Hetal Dedhia
- wardrobe supervisor
- Narinder Singh
- hairstylist
- Leera D'Souza
- ADR recording
- Rafiq Shaikh
- B.R. Film Studios
- 1st assistant film editor
- Diane Brunjes
- assistant film editor
- Bijessh Dutta
- assistant post-production supervisor
- Lorraine Samuel
- picture post-production
- Cine-Byte Digital Inc.
- senior supervisor
- Alan Bak
- DI editor
- Tom Bak
- DI producer
- Rick Hannigan
- digital colourist
- Drake Conrad
- technical supervisor
- Jeff Baker
- scanning
- Paul Mantler
- Felix Heeb
- recording on film
- Paul Mantler
- Felix Heeb
- opticals
- Chris Ross
- audio post-production
- Urban Post Production Inc.
- supervising sound Fx editor
- Mark Gringas
- supervising dialogue editor
- Geoff Raffin
- assistant sound editor
- Jimmy Robb
- sound assistant
- Josh Machado
- ADR recordist
- Rudy Michael
- Stacy Coutts
- foley artist
- Tim O'Connell
- supervising re-recording mixer
- Daniel Pellerin
- re-recording mixer
- Jan Rudy
- studio assistant
- Chris Guglick
- mixing facility
- Theatre D Digital
- Regent Royal
- Dolby sound consultant
- Thomas Kodros
- digital visual effects
- Rocket Science VFX
- Tom Turnbull
- Anthony Patterson
- production office assistant
- Lina Rodriguez
- Catherine Howe