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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.
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
Water is a 2005 Academy Award nominated Canadian film directed and written by Deepa Mehta.
- 2 min
- 2M
- Madhu Pamebala
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
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 ...
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Apr 28, 2006 · Water is a film by Deepa Mehta that depicts the plight of widows in 1938 India, who are forced to live in a secluded ashram and renounce their rights. The film follows the story of Chuyia, a young widow who challenges the traditions and falls in love with a law student.
