On view in Toronto: Two faces of Indian woman

On view in Toronto: Two faces of Indian woman
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Toronto, September 6 (PTI) Two striking cinematic essays, one real and the other a dramatised version of a true-life incident, are providing viewers at the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) lucid glimpses of two different faces of Indian woman. Toronto-based Deepa Mehta's Indo-Canadian production, 'Heaven on Earth', inspired by life of a victim of domestic violence, narrates the tale of Chand Grewal, a simple, God-fearing Ludhiana girl who moves to Brampton only to find herself hopelessly trapped in an abusive, loveless marriage.

First-time Australian filmmaker Megan Doneman's 'Yes Madam, Sir', a documentary about the career of super cop Kiran Bedi, highlights a courageous woman who fought against odds.

'Heaven on Earth', one more addition to the series of Mehta-directed films that lay bare truths about the status of women in India, is an expanded and stylised version of a documentary film that the director had made a year ago about a Punjabi woman who moved to Toronto after marriage and ran into a violent husband and unsupportive in-laws.

Mehta's directorial flourishes, marked by a masterly mix of the real and the imaginary, raise an oft-repeated narrative to a completely different level.

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