Heaven on Earth (2008)

Original title

Videsh

Directed by

Deepa Mehta

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 46m

Rating

3.4 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Punjabi woman moves to Canada after an arranged marriage. She faces abuse from her husband and tries to find her own strength.

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What happens

Heaven on Earth a.k.a. Videsh is a 2008 Canadian film directed and written by Deepa Mehta. Preity Zinta plays the leading role of Chand, a young Indian Punjabi woman who finds herself in an abusive arranged marriage with an Indo-Canadian man, played by theatre actor Vansh Bhardwaj. The film released in India dubbed into Hindi under the title Videsh. Zinta received unanimous acclaim for her performance in both Canada and India. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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