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- In January 2000 Ms. Mehta was forced to shut down production of "Water" in Varanasi, one of India's holy cities on the banks of the Ganges, after Hindu nationalists protested that the film was anti-Hindu.
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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.
Jul 25, 2019 · The Story-line Goes Like This: Chuyia, a charming little girl of eight years who was widowed, had been abandoned in the ashram to live a life of austerity along with the other women of different ages but of the same fate.
Water: Directed by Deepa Mehta. With Sarala Kariyawasam, Buddhi Wickrama, Rinsly Weerarathne, Iranganie Serasinghe. Set in colonial India against Gandhi's rise to power, it's the story of 8-year-old Chuyia, who is widowed and sent to a home to live in penitence; once there, Chuyia's feisty presence deeply affects the lives of the other residents.
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Mar 9, 2024 · Deepa Mehta's groundbreaking film Water turns 17 today (March 9). In an exclusive interview, she discusses the challenges faced during filming and the film's powerful portrayal of socio-economically challenged widows in 1930s Varanasi.
May 4, 2006 · Deepa Mehta’s “Water” is set in 1938. Even then, laws existed in India that gave widows the freedom to marry, but as one character observes, “We do not always follow the law when it is inconvenient.”
Sep 7, 2017 · Both of the films were shot in India but were so controversial that the next film, Water, almost never happened. When filming was supposed to begin in 2000, protesters did what they could to...
The resulting tensions meant that Mehta struggled for many years to make Water and was eventually forced to make it in Sri Lanka rather than India. [5] . She eventually made the film, with a new cast, and a fake title used during filming (River Moon) in 2003.
