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	Podcast:		Q: The Podcast from CBC Radio
	Episode:		For Deepa Mehta, the whole point of filmmaking is to “start a dialogue”
	Category:		Arts
	Duration:		00:44:38
	Publish Date:		2025-12-26 09:15:00
	Description:		The award-winning Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter Deepa Mehta has redefined both Canadian and Indian cinema with her bold and groundbreaking films. Earlier this year, she was honoured with a career retrospective at TIFF in Toronto, featuring screenings of 10 of her most prominent films of the past 35 years. Deepa sat down with Tom Power for a career-spanning conversation about her life and work, the backlash to some of her films in India, and why the last thing she wants to be called is a “controversial” filmmaker.
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