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The Aamir Khan starrer 1947: Earth was based on whose work?

  1. Bapsi Sidhwa

  2. Khushwant Singh

  3. Namrata Gokhle

  4. Kiran Desai
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1947: Earth (directed by Deepa Mehta) was based on Bapsi Sidhwa's novel "The Ice-Candy Man" (published as "Cracking India" in the US). The film stars Aamir Khan and depicts the partition of India through the eyes of a young girl. Khushwant Singh and Kiran Desai are renowned Indian authors, but their works were not adapted into this film.

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