The 33^rd Toronto International Film Festival to witness two different social genres from India. One is made out of India but directly funded through official channels in New Zealand another one is made by Deepa Mehta of 'Fire' fame, Heaven on Earth casting Preity Zinta for the first ever.

Apron Strings by Sima Urale female filmmaker of Somoan origin deals with two families one Sikh and other Pakeha (New Zealanders of predominantly European ancestry). The story revolves around complex lives of two Indian sisters and an ageing white New Zealander.

Urale was attracted by the social issues that are raised by such multi cultural background in a modern developed city.

Contrastingly Deepa Mehta deals with a regular Indian soap-opera type story of domestic violence on a Desi girl by a phoren groom and his parents.

Deepa shows the real other side of such tragedies that is caused by Punjabi families seeking grooms assistance to settle themselves in abroad. In this film also similar aspect shown as the girls (Preity Zinta) parents are expecting favour for her brother to settle in the foreign land.

It is Preity's serious attempt to show her that she could also cry and play such roles alike her co artists. Along with this she also plays against Big B in The Last Lear.

For Deepa after controversial Water which was abandoned, satisfactorily to be an eye opener for many parents who prefer to Phoren grooms against domestic prospects.