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Fire (1996) + Earth (1998) + Water (2005)

Posted By: MirrorsMaker
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Fire (1996) + Earth (1998) + Water (2005)

Elements trilogy (1996-2005)
Fire (1996) + Earth (1998) + Water (2005)
DVDRips | MKV | x264 @ 1850 Kbps | total: 326 min | total: 4,63 Gb
Audio: English or Hindi (हिन्दी) AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English (for details see below)
Genre: Drama, Romance

Made over a period of ten years, Deepa Mehta’s controversial Elements trilogy was a monumental undertaking exploring gender, sexuality, violence and religion through a largely feminist perspective. Beginning with Fire (1996) that examines homosexuality in contemporary India, Mehta went on to confront the horrors of Partition in Earth (1998) and finished with Water (2005) that critiqued religion. Mehta also faced a battle with censors and faced protests when she made Water (2005). The award-winning cast includes Nandita Das, Aamir Khan and Shabana Azmi.

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Fire (1996) + Earth (1998) + Water (2005)

Fire (1996)
DVDRip | MKV | 712352 | x264 @ 1850 Kbps | English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | 107 min | 1,54 Gb
Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Deepa Mehta
Writer: Deepa Mehta
Stars: Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das, Karishma Jhalani

Sita and Radha are young Indian women whose husbands choose celibacy or mistresses over their wives. The two women become friends and grow closer together, forming a forbidden but liberating relationship. A lush, passionate story of emancipation and love, in a closed society. Major controversy led this movie to be widely attacked and banned in India.

IMDB - 7 wins

This film powerfully demonstrates the struggle of two women in love in a culture so deeply entrenched in ritual and tradition. All this against a backdrop of an India which itself is struggling for freedom from these same values. This film is both political and personal and never too preachy or idealistic on either front. It is easy to see why "Fire" has caused riots in India, but tragic nonetheless. A true film such as this one deserves to be seen by all people of the world, not just privileged westerners.
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Fire (1996) + Earth (1998) + Water (2005)

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Fire (1996) + Earth (1998) + Water (2005)

Earth (1998)
DVDRip | MKV | 710x472 | x264 @ 1850 Kbps | 105 min | 1,45 Gb
Audio: हिन्दी (mostly) AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War

Director: Deepa Mehta
Writers: Deepa Mehta, Bapsi Sidhwa (novel)
Stars: Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, Rahul Khanna

The movie opens in Lahore of 1947 before India and Pakistan became independent. It is a cosmopolitan city, depicted by the coterie of working class friends who are from different religions. The rest of the movie chronicles the fate of this group and the maddening religious that sweeps even this city as the partition of the two countries is decided and Lahore is given to Pakistan.


This movie has attempted and succeeded at trying to get a handle on the brutal days of 1947 when British India was separated into independent India and Pakistan. I would suggest that this movie be a required viewing for anyone studying the past and present of these two countries. Lahore of 1947 is not very different from Sarajevo of the 90s. And this too is no fiction. Mayhem depicted in the movie is *very* tame compared to what actually happened. It is my ferevent hope that the people of India and Pakistan view this movie and hope "Never Again".
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Fire (1996) + Earth (1998) + Water (2005)

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Fire (1996) + Earth (1998) + Water (2005)

Water (2005)
DVDRip | MKV | 720x364 | x264 @ 1850 Kbps | English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | 114 min | 1,64 Gb
Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Deepa Mehta
Writers: Anurag Kashyap (dialogue), Deepa Mehta
Stars: Lisa Ray, John Abraham, Seema Biswas

A thesis picture. In 1938, Gandhi's party is making inroads in women's rights. Chuyia, a child already married but living with her parents, becomes a widow. By tradition, she is unceremoniously left at a bare and impoverished widows' ashram, beside the Ganges during monsoon season. The ashram's leader pimps out Kalyani, a young and beautiful widow, for household funds. Narayan, a follower of Gandhi, falls in love with her. Can she break with tradition and religious teaching to marry him? The ashram's moral center is Shakuntala, deeply religious but conflicted about her fate. Can she protect Kalyani or Chuyia? Amid all this water, is rebirth possible or does tradition drown all?

IMDB - 17 wins + Nominated for 1 Oscar

I just wanted to say that the symbolism of water in this movie was incredible. There was rain and rivers as well as drinking water. You could really specify that it was in terms to purify the characters and wash away negativities that they had lived through. Water was really a wonderful movie by my favorite director of all time, Deepa Mehta. She is honestly brilliant and I was amazed by the beauty and cinematography of this movie. It surpassed that of any other movie shes done and it shows. However, I believe that Deepa Mehta really drew a lot of lines in the script because it was not her familiar work. Her first movie in the trilogy, Fire, was very controversial because she did not censor it at all. You can really tell that she took out some parts from fear of the idiotic fundamentalists and political parties. Though she did that, it still had a meaninful moral that was gracious and the entire movie really was a refreshing burst of water.
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Fire (1996) + Earth (1998) + Water (2005)

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