Deepa Mehta
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"Deepa Mehta", is an Indo-Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996 film)/Fire (1996), Earth (1998 film)/Earth (1998), and Water (2005 film)/Water (2005); among which Earth was sent by List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film/India as its official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Water was Canada's official entry for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, making it only the second non-French-language Canadian film to put forth for consideration in that category (the first being Zacharias Kunuk's 2001 Inuktitut-language feature, Atanarjuat), and the first to receive an Oscar nomination. She also co-founded Hamilton-Mehta Productions, with her husband, producer David Hamilton (Canadian producer)/David Hamilton in 1996. She was awarded a Genie Award in 2003 for the screenplay of Bollywood/Hollywood. In May 2012, Mehta received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts.

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It's just not part of their culture.

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I couldn't make Water until I stopped being angry ... it took me five years to get over my anger. Why are we so scared of showing the truth? Why can't we question aspects of our tradition that aren't so great?

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I'm getting calls. They say that I'm defiling the name of India -- but I don't see how!

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What the children see, they do, ... What they do doesn't come of nothing.

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And then it wouldn't be opening the Toronto film festival and it wouldn't be opening around the world.

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I am thrilled beyond words.

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We aren't talking about theatres where Indians largely attend. Yes, 'Water' has gone mainstream with an 80-print release all over the US. But before that we have a large release at the end of March in Spain and Australia in April.

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It makes them feel good. It makes them feel like they belong in Canada -- and it's not just lip service.

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Honesty for me works.

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