දීපා මෙහ්තා

Deepa Mehta
Deepa Mehta in 2005
උපත	1 ජනවාරි 1950 (1950-01-01) (වයස 74) , , India
ජාතිකත්වය	Canadian
රැකියාව	Film director, screenwriter, film producer
සක්‍රීය වසර	–present
ප්‍රසිද්ධව ඇත්තේ
කලත්‍රයා(යන්)	(වි. 1973; දි. 1983) (– present)
දරුවන්	(daughter)
ඥාතීන්	(brother)

Deepa Mehta, ( born 1 January 1950) is an film director and screenwriter, best known for her , (1996), (1998), and (2005).

Earth was submitted by for the , and Water was Canada's official entry for , making it only the third non-French-language Canadian film submitted in that category after 's 1990 invented-language film and 's 2001 -language feature .

She co-founded , with her husband, producer in 1996. She was awarded a in 2003 for the screenplay of . In May 2012, Mehta received the for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts.

Early life

Mehta was born in , though her family moved to while she was still a child, and her father worked as a film distributor. Subsequently, Mehta attended , boarding school in on the foothills of Himalayas. She graduated from the , with a degree in Philosophy.

Career

After graduating Mehta began working for a production company that made documentary and educational films for the Indian government. During the production of her first feature-length documentary focusing on the working life of a child bride, she met and married Canadian documentary filmmaker , who was in India making a film. She migrated to Toronto to live with her husband in 1973.

Once in Canada, Mehta and Saltzman along with Mehta's brother Dilip started Sunrise Films, a production company, initially producing documentaries but moved into television production creating the television series Spread Your Wings (1977–79) about the creative and artistic work of young people from around the world. Additionally, Mehta directed several episodes of the Saltzman produced drama Danger Bay (1984–90).

Mehta also directed the documentaries (1975) and Traveling Light (1986), the latter focusing on the work of Mehta's brother Dilip as a photojournalist. Traveling Light would go on to be nominated for three Gemini Awards. In 1987, based on the works of Alice Munro, Cynthia Flood and Betty Lambert, Mehta produced and co-directed Martha, Ruth and Edie. Screened at the Cannes International Film Festival, it would go on to win the Best Feature Film Award at the 11th International Film Festival in Florence in 1988.

In 1991 she made her feature-film directorial debut with Sam & Me (starring ), a story of the relationship between a young boy and an elderly Jewish gentleman in the Toronto neighbourhood of . It broke the record at the time for the highest-budgeted film directed by a woman in Canada at $11 million. It won in the category of the 1991 . Mehta followed this with her film starring and in 1994. In 2002, she directed , for which she won the .

Mehta directed two episodes of ' television series . The first episode, "Benares, January 1910", aired in 1993. The second episode was aired in 1996 as part of a TV movie titled Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father.

Mehta directed several English-language films set in Canada, including (2003) and (2008) which deals with domestic violence and has playing the female lead. It premiered at the 2008 . Also in 2008 Mehta produced the documentary The Forgotten Woman, directed by her brother Dilip.

In 2015, Mehta wrote and directed the crime thriller (2015), a film starring as Jeet Johar, a proud observant Sikh and a ruthless gangster. It premiered at the .

On 29 October 2020, announced that Metha's film Funny Boy (2020) would represent Canada in the race for best international feature film.

Elements trilogy

ප්‍රධාන ලිපිය:

Mehta is best known for her — (1996), (1998) (released in India as 1947: Earth), and (2005) — which won her much critical acclaim. Some notable actors who have worked in this trilogy are , , , , , , , and . These films are also notable for Mehta's collaborative work with author . Sidhwa's novel (1991, U.S.; 1992, India; originally published as Ice Candy Man, 1988, England) is the basis for Mehta's 1998 film Earth. Mehta's film Water was later published by Sidhwa as the 2006 novel . All three films have soundtracks composed by A. R. Rahman.

Fire follows the love affair between two sisters-in-law whose own sexless marriages bring them together in a passionate romance. It caused controversy upon its release as several Hindutva groups took issue with its central lesbian romance, one that was seen to break traditional family and religious value within society, as there were protests in cities across India. Internationally, the film was critically acclaimed and would go on to win the Most Popular Canadian Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival. This was also the first feature length dramatic film which Mehta both wrote and directed, a practice which she would continue throughout the rest of her career.

Earth focuses on the time before and during the Partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 and how the life of one family was uprooted by this historical event. The film resembled Mehta's own family history as her parents fled the newly created Pakistan in 1947 whilst Mehta herself was born in Punjab, not far from the Indian/Pakistan border.

Water is the story of an eight-year-old child widow who is forced to enter a house of widows for the rest of her life. The film, meant to be shot in India, was attacked by Hindu fundamentalists who saw the film as disrespectful and who took issues with Mehta's earlier films and their portrayal of Hindu culture. Riots broke out, sets were destroyed, and death threats were issued towards the actors and Mehta, forcing production to stop. The regional government then overruled the permission given from the central government to the production which allowed them to film in the holy city of Varanasi however, four years later the movie was made in Sri Lanka.Water opened the 2005 and was nominated for an in 2006.

Midnight's Children

ප්‍රධාන ලිපිය:

Mehta collaborated on the screenplay for with the 's author, . actor played the role of Saleem Sinai while other roles were played by , , , , , , , and .

The film was released on 9 September 2012 at Toronto International Film Festival and would be nominated for Best Motion Picture along with 7 other nominations at the Canadian Screen Awards.

Themes

Many of Mehta's films across her career have focused on the duality of her national and cultural identity which has informed much of her filmmaking as she has been described as the "quintessential transnational filmmaker". With her childhood and heritage informing her of key Indian and Hindu traditions, she has been seen to compare these practices with a more "Westernized" philosophy that has often resulted in controversy. The production of her film Water was delayed by protests from Hindu fundamentalists whilst several of her other films releases have seen boycotts across India, including the film Fire.

Personal life

In Canada she met and married filmmaker whom she divorced in 1983. The couple have a daughter, , an acclaimed author, curator and cultural critic.

Mehta is currently married to producer . Her brother, , is a photojournalist and film director. He directed , which he co-wrote with Deepa.

Mehta participated in a TV PSA for the charity Artists Against Racism, and is a member of the organization.

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Screenwriter	Producer	Notes
1975		ඔව්	නැත	නැත	Documentary short film
1986	K.Y.T.E.S: How We Dream Ourselves	ඔව්	නැත	ඔව්	Documentary film
1988		ඔව්	නැත	ඔව්	Directorial debut
1991		ඔව්	නැත	ඔව්
1994		ඔව්	නැත	නැත
1996		ඔව්	ඔව්	ඔව්
1998		ඔව්	ඔව්	ඔව්
2002		ඔව්	ඔව්	නැත	Also executive music producer
2003		ඔව්	ඔව්	නැත
2005		ඔව්	ඔව්	නැත	Also development consultant
2006		ඔව්	නැත	නැත	Documentary film;
2008		නැත	ඔව්	Executive	Documentary film
		ඔව්	ඔව්	Executive
2009		නැත	ඔව්	Executive
2012		ඔව්	ඔව්	Executive	Based on the novel by
2015		ඔව්	ඔව්	නැත
2016		නැත	ඔව්	නැත	Documentary film
		ඔව්	නැත	නැත
	Fantassút	නැත	නැත	ඔව්	Documentary short film
	The Big Crunch	නැත	නැත	Associate	Short film
2020	Violation	නැත	නැත	Executive
2020		ඔව්	ඔව්	නැත	Adaptation of the novel by

TV and web series

Year	Title	Director	Screenwriter	Executive producer	Notes
1976–1981	Spread Your Wings	ඔව්	ඔව්	ඔව්	Documentary: director (4 episodes); writer (episode "Child of the Andes"); executive producer (13 episodes); production (2 episodes); sound (10 episodes)
1989–1990		ඔව්	නැත	නැත	4 episodes
1993–1996		ඔව්	නැත	නැත	2 episodes
2019		ඔව්	ඔව්	Creative	A Netflix original series based on a missing girl named leila: director (2 episodes); writer and creative executive producer (6 episodes)
2020		ඔව්	නැත	නැත	Episode "The Manager"

As actress

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	For the Record	Ranjeet Singh	TV Series (episode "Reasonable Force")
1990		Cameo
		Cameo
2005		Special Appearance

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2016		Best Canadian Feature Film		නිර්දේශිත
		Golden Spike – Best Film		නිර්දේශිත
	Washington DC South Asian Film Festival	Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema		දිනාගති
2015		Clyde Gilmour Award		දිනාගති
		Best Canadian Feature Film		නිර්දේශිත
2013		Achievement in Direction		නිර්දේශිත
		DGC Team Award – Feature Film		දිනාගති
2012		Best Film		නිර්දේශිත
		Golden Spike – Best Film		නිර්දේශිත
2009		DGC Team Award – Feature Film		නිර්දේශිත
		Best Screenplay, Original		නිර්දේශිත
		Best Director – Canadian Film		නිර්දේශිත
2008		Muhr AsiaAfrica Award: Best Scriptwriter – Feature		දිනාගති
		Muhr AsiaAfrica Award: Best Film – Feature		නිර්දේශිත
2007		Silver Ribbon – Best Non-European Director		නිර්දේශිත
		Best Director		නිර්දේශිත
		Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema		දිනාගති
2006		Best Achievement in Direction		නිර්දේශිත
		Silver Mirror Award – Best Feature		දිනාගති
		Humanitarian Award		දිනාගති
		Audience Award – Best Narrative Feature		දිනාගති
		Arte Award		දිනාගති
		Best Director – Canadian Film		දිනාගති
		Best Foreign Movie by or About Women		දිනාගති
2005	Toronto	Honorary Director Award		දිනාගති
		Youth Jury Award		දිනාගති
		Golden Spike		නිර්දේශිත
2003		DGC Team Award – Feature Film		දිනාගති
		Best Screenplay, Original		දිනාගති
		Student Jury Award		දිනාගති
		Audience Award – Best Comedy		දිනාගති
		Best Director – Canadian Film		නිර්දේශිත
1997		Best Feature Film		දිනාගති
		Outstanding Narrative Feature		දිනාගති
	Verona Love Screens Film Festival	Best Film		දිනාගති
1996		Special Prize of the Jury		දිනාගති
		International Independent Award		නිර්දේශිත
		Most Popular Canadian Film		දිනාගති
1976		Gold Hugo – Best Documentary	At 99: A Portrait of Louise Tandy Murch	නිර්දේශිත

In addition to her filmmaking awards, Mehta has received the following honors:

• , , 2009
• , 2012
• Doctor of Laws, , 2013
• , , 2013
• Member of the , 2013
• Officer of the , 2013

See also

References

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• Beard, William; Jerry White (2002). "Deepa Mehta as Transnational Filmmaker". North of everything: English-Canadian cinema since 1980. University of Alberta. ISBN .
• Levitin, Jacqueline; Judith Plessis; Valerie Raoul (2003). "25 An Introduction to Deepa Mehta: Making Films in Canada and India". Women Filmmakers: Refocusing. UBC Press. ISBN .

External links

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• Deepa Mehta සඳහා IMDb හි ඇති තොරතුරු
• Hamilton Mehta Productions
• Deepa Mehta In Profile, a short film tribute on her Governor General's Performing Arts Award, website
• Deepa Mehta speaks with WSWS 15 May 2006 with Richard Phillips on the