Earth

This is a intensely made movie directed by Deepa Mehta and has the partition of India as the backdrop. Again as in 'Fire', Deepa Mehta does a good research for this movie to depict the violence and nastiness of the partition. As the movie proceeds we can see the restlessness built in the hearts of the characters although it can be seen that this restlessness is in total contrast to the relaxed mood of the characters in the first half of the movie. None is saved from the heartbreak in this movie. Interested people can also watch out for 'Khamosh Pani' which also has the partition as the backdrop. Earth shows us the scenes of the partition where as the Khamosh Pani shows us how this violence took shape with all the details. Both provide us with a nice understanding of what actually happened during the partition and the way it affected other events that were to happen.