Biography
Deepa Mehta, LLD (born 1 January 1950 in Amritsar, Punjab, India) is a Genie Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005), which was nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Her repertoire includes Bollywood/Hollywood and the adaptation of Salman Rushdie's Midnight’s Children. Born in India, she migrated to Canada after studying philosophy at the U...
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Complete Filmography

To Kill a Tiger
2023
Executive Producer
Ranjit, a farmer in India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the victim of a brutal gang rape. His ...

I Am Sirat
2023
Director
Deepa Mehta’s first documentary in decades introduces us to Sirat, a trans woman in Delhi who is forced to go back into the closet when living with, a...

Funny Boy
2020
Director, Writer
A student must navigate issues of sexuality, identity and family amid Sri Lanka's social turmoil of the 1970s and 1980s.

Violation
2020
Executive Producer
A troubled woman on the edge of divorce returns home to her younger sister after years apart. But when her sister and brother-in-law betray her trust,...
Anatomy of Violence
2016
Director
Celebrated filmmaker Deepa Mehta investigates one of India’s most notorious crimes — the 2012 gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman on a Delhi b...

Beeba Boys
2015
Director, Screenplay
Gang leader Jeet Johar and his young, loyal, and often-brutal crew dress like peacocks, love attention, and openly compete with an old style Indo crim...

Midnight's Children
2012
Director, Executive Producer, Co-Writer
The story of a pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from England, growing up in the country that is nothing like their p...

Deepa Mehta, in Profile
2012
as Self
A portrait and tribute to Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta.

Cooking With Stella
2010
Writer, Executive Producer
Inside the Canadian diplomatic compound in New Delhi, a mischievous cook affects the lives of her employers and fellow staff.

Heaven on Earth
2008
Director, Writer
When Chand arrives in Brampton, Ontario to meet her new husband, she leaves behind a loving family and supportive community. Now, in a new country, sh...

The Forgotten Woman
2008
Writer
Inspired by the 2006 Academy Award® nominee for Best Foreign Language film, "Water," this documentary tells the story of some of the 20 million Indian...

Water
2005
Director, Screenplay
The year is 1938, and Mahatma Gandhi's groundbreaking philosophies are sweeping across India, but 8-year-old Chuyia, newly widowed, must go to live wi...

The Republic Of Love
2004
Director, Screenplay
A thrice-divorced radio DJ meets the woman of his dreams but can he convince her of the truth of his feelings? An exploration of love, adapted from th...

Bollywood/Hollywood
2002
Director
Rahul Seth is a dashing young millionaire who believes he is "western" enough to rebel against his mother and grandmother. They are not too keen about...

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Journey of Radiance
2000
Director
The elder Jones's lecture tour takes parents and son to India, where Indy explores the meaning of faith in oneself with Theosophist philosopher Jiddu ...

Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema
2000
as Self
The film consists largely of a series of interviews with female filmmakers from several different countries and filmmaking eras. Some, such as Agnès V...

Earth
1998
Director, Screenplay, Producer
It's 1947 and the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl bears witnesses to tragedy as her ayah is caught between the lo...

Fire
1997
Director, Producer, Screenplay
In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn when her beautifu...

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
1996
Director
While visiting Russia on his father’s lecture tour, Indy runs off on his own and meets Leo Tolstoy. Later, on a trip to Athens, Indy and his father ar...

Camilla
1994
Director
Freda Lopez, an aspiring musician, travels with her husband to the beautiful beaches of Georgia where she befriends Camilla, an odd and exotic elderly...

Sam & Me
1991
Director
23-year-old Nikhil comes to Canada from India to find his fortune and is convinced by his uncle to work as a companion and care-giver to Sam, an elder...
Martha, Ruth & Edie
1988
Director, Producer
Two women attending a women's seminar on personal development walk out in acute embarrassment during the introduction. They meet up with a woman who a...
Troilokya
N/A
Director
The story, set in 19th century Calcutta during British rule, sees a female prostitute embark on an unheard-of killing spree.

Little America: Mr. Song
N/A
Director
A young Korean boy befriends a legendary DJ who gives a much-needed boost to a hat shop owned by the boy's family.
Sher
N/A
Director
follows Dr. Watson as he gives a poorly-attended lecture in Calcutta (as Kolkata was known then) before making a startling discovery — Sherlock Holmes...