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Heaven on Earth

Name: Heaven on Earth
Duration: 1 h 45 min

Deepa Mehta

2008 | 1 h 45 min

Synopsis
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In Heaven on Earth, acclaimed director Deepa Mehta highlights the isolation and disappointment faced by a family of Punjabi immigrants to Canada. When Chand leaves her family and community behind in India to marry a man she's never met in Brampton, Ontario, she finds herself at the mercy of his 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.

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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 producer

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