Incidentally, this Deepa Mehta movie is the first film where Aamir Khan worked with a woman director.

The story is about a young Parsi girl caught in the rift between Hindus and Muslims during India’s Partition.

The film is based on the true story of author Bapsi Sidhwa, a Pakistani Parsi settled in the United States.

In her novel, The Ice Candyman, Bapsi has tried to bring out beautifully how relations between common Hindus and Muslims change at the grassroot level when something like Partition happens.

Mehta brought out the best in Aamir as he played the role of an ice candy man.

Nandita Das and Rahul Khanna too were great in the film.

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