First look: Preity in heaven on earth

Is that a new movie or something?

Originally posted by: Insanity

Is that a new movie or something?

i guess it is.😊

Yess it's called Heaven On Earth and it's been directed by Deepa Mehta :)

Here's an interview with Deepa about the film

'It's not a tale of one battered wife'
By: Subhash K JhaDate: 26 Jun, 2008 06:56 AMPrint Email



India:
Main Akeli Nahi: Preity Zinta and Vansh Bhardwaj in Heaven On Earth

Now that Deepa Mehta is getting her new film Heaven On Earth starring Preity Zinta ready for an October release, she's aghast to hear that the film is being seen as the story of just one battered wife.

Of nightmares

"That's what I'm being told. That it's the story of Aman Deep who came to Toronto from her village in Punjab only to become an abused wife. Aman is, of course, a part of Heaven On Earth. But so are 10,000 other Indian or non-Indian women who end up as battered wives."

Deepa says she has been inspired by countless sources. "I was as much taken up by Aman Deep's case as I was with Mona Gill, another wife who came to Canada with dreams in her eyes and ended up with nightmares on her body. I'm also inspired by Roddy Doyle's novel The Woman Who Walked Into Doors. And I'm hugely inspired by Girish Karnad's play Naga Mandala. In fact, I've acknowledged Girish's play in the credit titles."

As for the battered wives, "How many of them can I acknowledge? The collective conscience of the entire universe of repressed woman underlines the narration of Heaven On Earth."

Deepa had the film's first preview recently in Toronto. "There was a pindrop silence after the film. Though I've kept the violence largely out of camera range; it's a very disturbing film. And a lot of people who know Preity's work couldn't recognise her!"

ooo thnxxx.
the film seems interesting..
i love deepta mehta for bringing these kinds of stories in movies...

oh woww!! deepa mehta just mite make preity into an actress!! just by the pictures im starting to like her...i hope itz really good!!

omg priety looks so different and interesting subject thanks for sharing

Oh thanks for the article. It looks good. 😃