- Heaven on Earth (film)
Infobox_Film
name = Heaven on Earth
caption =Movie Poster for "Heaven On Earth".
imdb_id = 1146285
writer =Deepa Mehta
starring =Preity Zinta Vansh Bhardwaj
director =Deepa Mehta
producer = Deepa MehtaRavi Chopra David Hamilton
cinematography = Giles Nuttgens
editing = Colin Monie
distributor =Hamilton-Mehta Productions Inc. National Film Board of Canada
country =Canada
released = flagicon|Canada 2008
runtime = 106 min
language = English
Punjabi
music =Mychael Danna
awards =
budget ="Heaven on Earth" is a forthcoming
Canadian film directed and written byDeepa Mehta .Preity Zinta plays the leading role of Chand, a young Indian Punjabi woman who finds herself in an abusive arranged marriage with an Indo-Canadian man, played by theatre actorVansh Bhardwaj .Production
Deepa Mehta penned the screenplay in 2007.K Jha, Subhash (September 26, 2007). [http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/09/26/10157/index.html Deepa Mehta signs Preity for Heaven On Earth] . indiaFM.com. Accessed October 1, 2007.] She met Preity Zinta at the 2007
International Indian Film Academy Awards and offered her the role of a Punjabi houswife. Initially, Zinta could not commit to the project because of dates problems but they have been worked out and Zinta signed the film.Seema Biswas , who was part of Mehta's previous project "Water" was also chosen to be part of the cast,CBC news (September 7, 2007). [http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2007/09/07/mehta-film.html Mehta set to shoot feature Heaven on Earth] .Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Accessed October 1, 2007.] but she eventually did not act. Mehta, who saw "The Last Lear " (2007) starring Zinta in the lead female role, said "I think Preity is perfect!". Yet she organized an acting workshop for Zinta in Toronto, which Zinta attended in September "to understand and come to grips with the character's milieu and body language. I think Preity can look very, very Punjabi." said Mehta.Principal photography for "Heaven on Earth" commenced in November 2007 and concluded at the end of December 2007. The film was primarily shot in
Toronto ,Canada , with additional location shooting in Punjab,India , where it was completed. [TNN (December 8, 2007). [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_Buzz/Preity_cries_for_home/articleshow/2604302.cms Preity cries for home] .Times of India . Accessed December 13, 2007.] [cite web|author=ApunKaChoice|date=December 27 2007 |title=Preity Zinta in Punjab for 'Heaven On Earth'|url=http://www.apunkachoice.com/scoop/bollywood/20071227-4.html|accessdate=2008-06-27] [cite web|author=Indo-Asian News Service|date=January 22 2008 |title=Deepa Mehta loves 'excessive work'|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=96331e72-58e0-4678-be7f-eba282307c31|publisher="Hindustan Times "|accessdate=2008-06-27]Cast
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Preity Zinta ... Chand
*Vansh Bhardwaj ... Rocky
* Ramanjit Kaur ... Aman
* Gick Grewal ...
* Geetika Sharma ... Loveleen
* Yanna McIntosh ...References
External links
*imdb title|id=1146285|title=Heaven on Earth
* [http://tiff08.ca/filmsandschedules/films/heavenonearth 2008 Toronto International Film Festival - Heaven on Earth]
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