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Water (Hindi: जल, romanized: Jal) is a 2005 comedy drama and thriller film written and directed by Deepa Mehta, with screenplay by Anurag Kashyap. It is set in 1938 and explores the lives of widows at an ashram in India.
The year is 1938, and Mahatma Gandhi's groundbreaking philosophies are sweeping across India, but 8-year-old Chuyia (Sarala), newly widowed, must go to live with other outcast widows on an ashram.
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- Deepa Mehta
- PG-13
- Seema Biswas
May 26, 2006 · Water is a film by Deepa Mehta that depicts the lives of two widows in a traditional ashram in colonial India. The film explores their struggles, hopes and challenges as they face social, religious and political pressures.
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- Drama
- Deepa Mehta
- 2006-05-26
In 1938, Gandhi's party is making inroads in women's rights. Chuyia, a child already married but living with her parents, becomes a widow. By tradition, she is unceremoniously left at a bare and impoverished widows' ashram, beside the Ganges during monsoon season. The ashram's leader pimps out Kalyani, a young and beautiful widow, for household ...
Dec 22, 2017 · The Shape of Water: Directed by Guillermo del Toro. With Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer. At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.
- (449K)
- Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Guillermo del Toro
- 2017-12-22
May 7, 2024 · his ranked poll of films with water in the title includes movies like Open Water, Water for Elephants, and Like Water for Chocolate. Don't forget that this list is interactive, meaning you can vote the film names up or down depending on much you liked each movie that has the word water in it.
Sep 8, 2005 · Water is a film directed by Deepa Mehta that depicts the plight of widows in India in 1938. It follows the story of Chuyia, a young girl who joins an ashram and challenges the social norms and prejudices of her time.
