Deepa Mehta

Sarah Polley, Deepa Mehta, Nisha Pahuja Named to the Top 10 Films of Canada

Canada’s 12th Annual Top 10 Film list was announced this week. Films by Sarah Polley, Deepa Mehta and Nisha Pahuja were included on the list.

Trailer Watch: Midnight's Children - Directed by Deepa Mehta

TIFF: Interview with Deepa Mehta - Director of Midnight's Children

Midnight's Children is literally an epic movie.  It tells about the birth and development of India through the eyes of children born the moment the country declared its independence.  Deepa Mehta takes a huge leap forward as a director taking the adaptation of Salman Rushdie's nove...

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The Toronto Experience - Part One

Greetings from the Toronto Film Festival.  I touched down on Thursday afternoon and since that moment this has been a serious whirlwind.  Since it is my second year I understand is the key is pace and endurance.  You have to sprint through the first weekend when everyone in the indust...

TIFF Capsule Review: "Midnight's Children"

Director Deepa Metha teams with Salman Rushdie for an adaptation of his 1981 novel, a lavish period drama about India's shift from British colonialism to independence through the eyes of a well-heeled young man. Reserved young Saleem (Satya Bhabha) is born on the historic night of August 15, 1947, which makes him into an insta-symbol for the country's first post-colonial generation. Initially unaware that his real parents' maid spared him from a life of poverty by swapping baskets in the infirmary, Saleem grows up not knowing that the combative, lower class Shiva (Siddharth) is the true heir to Saleem's fortune. As tensions...

First Toronto 2012 Lineup News - Women Directors

Unlike the folks at Cannes, Toronto seems to understand that there are many great women directors, making films that can play at the highest level and this year is no different.