'A mal' a movie directed by Richie Mehta received six nominations at the Genie Awards held in Ottawa on April 4. The Genie Awards are the Canadian equivalent of the Oscars. Of all the nominations, Dr. Shiva's rendi- tion of Meer Taqi Meer's Ghazal Rahi Nagufta won for ‘Original Song' in the movie about an auto-rickshaw driver's brush with a multi-millionaire. Shiva's song is enacted on screen by Naseeruddin Shah. ‘Amal' is the story of a rickshaw driver in India satisfied with his lot, who meets an old bum on the streets and they have an exchange. The bum turns out to be a mil- lionaire and leaves Amal all his money. An urban fable of sorts, the movie is about kind- ness, integrity, and judging what wealth and success means to each person. The story "was born in my brother's head," Mehta told a television channel in Dallas, TX during the American Film Institute Festival in April last year. Disguised as a vagabond, the millionaire (Naseeruddin Shah) is searching the streets for the last morsel of humanity, someone of integrity he could leave his money to. A Torontonian, Mehta collected the nom- inations for ‘Best Direction' and ‘Best Adapted Screenplay' (with his brother), and his team was also nominated for ‘Best Motion Picture' (David Miller and Steven Bray); ‘Best Actor' (Rupinder Nagra); ‘Best Overall Sound' ( Sanjay Mehta, Stephan Carrier, and Kirk Lynds). But ‘Amal' was not the only one to get nominated. Deepa Mehta was nominated for ‘Best Original Screenplay' for her movie, ‘Heaven on Earth', depicting the life of a woman having an arranged marriage and coming to Canada leaving behind her loving and supportive family to be in a hostile envi- ronment in a new country. Bollywood's leading actress Preity Zinta was among the nominees for ‘Best Actress' for her lead role in the same movie.