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Heaven on Earth

2008 1 h 44 min
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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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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.

Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism
Families
Social Issues
Women
All subjects
  • 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

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