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When Deepa Mehta first began filming WATER in 2000, angry fundamentalist mobs burned her sets and threatened her life. The Indian government claimed it could not protect her, and the project had to wait four years before finally filming in Sri Lanka. Her film has raised the ire of extremists because it challenges the Hindu customs that dictate that widows, considered half-dead after the loss of their husbands, must be closeted in holy ashrams--a practice that still exists today. Set in the 1930s, the film tells the story of eight-year old Chuyia, whose husband dies before she even meets him. Her parents shave her head and whisk her away to a house of widows where the women sleep on the ground and beg in the streets to earn their puny portion of rice. Chuyia, feisty and resilient, comes into this world like a ray of light, and soon the women are rethinking their mute acceptance of their fate. Her closest friend and ally is the lovely Kalyani, and soon a forbidden romance begins to develop between Kalyani and Narayana, a young Brahmin man who, following the teachings of Gandhi, has denounced injustice. The film is sumptuously beautiful, Chuyia is utterly winsome, and despite the harsh social issues at its heart, it often feels light and lively: Chuyia and Kalyani play games and dance, Chuyia steals sweets for a dying old widow, the women dance and paint each other's faces during a colour festival, and the Cinderella-story romance between Kalyani and Narayana shimmers with the promise of salvation and happiness. Mehta, however, knows it would be disingenuous to allow such an easy resolution to such a dire situation, and the final chapter of WATER takes a tragic turn.Product Identifiers
ProducerMark Burton
EAN5055002553363
eBay Product ID (ePID)60984580
Product Key Features
ActorSeema Biswas, Kalbushan Kharbadna, Rishma Malik, Waheeda Rehman, Lisa Ray
Film/TV TitleWater-Deepa Mehta's Element Trilogy
DirectorDeepa Mehta
Release Year2007
FormatDVD
LanguageHindi
GenreDrama, General
Run Time117 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate12A/12
Country/Region of ManufactureIndia
Number of Discs2
ComposerA.R. Rahman, Mychael Danna
ReviewsNew York Times - An exquisite film....Serene on the surface, yet roiling underneath....WATER flows with the simplicity of a fairy tale, Total Film - Mehta's use of colour and landscape brings visual splash, Sight And Sound - Lisa Ray is moving as the ill-fated Kalyani, and Seema Biswas endows Chuyia's protector Shakuntala with the slow-burning strength she brought to her title-role debut in BANDIT QUEEN, USA Today - Deepa Mehta has made a haunting and disturbing film....It emerges as life-affirming...
ScreenwriterDeepa Mehta
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleWater - Deepa Mehta's Element Trilogy
Director of PhotographyGiles Nuttgens
Consumer AdviceContains moderate language and sex references
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- 17 Aug, 2017
very moving
Best viewed when in right frame of mind. Deserving of all the accolades it achieved. One of the great films that made the term 'movie's' so appropriate. It moved me deeply. I shall definitely watch again.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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