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- ↑ "CNW Group | HAMILTON-MEHTA PRODUCTIONS | Deepa Mehta announces production of her new feature film "Komagata Maru"". www.newswire.ca. Archived from the original on 2008-10-13.
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240200/ [ user-generated source ]
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1271973/ [ user-generated source ]
- ↑ "Deepa Mehta makes film on Midnight's Children".
