Deepa
Mehta
will
be
making
a
film
on
domestic
violence
titled
Heaven
on
Earth.
The
film
will
be
based
on
the
true
story
of
a
Toronto
residing
Punjabi
woman,
Amardeep,
who
is
a
victim
of
domestic
violence.
Deepa
had
filmed
a
documentary
on
Amardeep"s
life
last
year
and
now
she
is
planning
to
make
a
feature
film
on
the
same.
If
things
go
as
planned,
Deepa
would
also
shoot
the
film;
in
Ludhiana,
Punjab.
The
last
time
when
Deepa
was
shooting
in
India
for
Water,
some
fundamentalist
groups
disrupted
the
shoot
due
to
which
she
had
to
re-shoot
the
film
in
Sri
Lanka.
Talking
about
the
starcast
of
Heaven
On
Earth,
Deepa
says
that
she
has
finalized
an
NRI
theatre
actor
Vrajendar
to
play
the
husband"s
role.
As
for
the
role
of
Amardeep,
Deepa
will
be
signing
a
Punjabi
actress.
The
film
will
go
on
the
floors
on
October
20
in
Toronto.