Water (2006 film)
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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: 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.
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.
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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...
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Jul 31, 2009 · Water is a 2005 Academy Award nominated Canadian film directed and written by Deepa Mehta.
May 29, 2021 · Stacker surveyed film history and compiled a list of movies across decades, countries, and genres that take place primarily on a body of water, whether on a ship, in a quiet seatown, or the current of a river.
Apr 20, 2011 · Lisa Ray stars in "Water", an Oscar-nominated film by director Deepa Mehta, featuring John Abraham and Seema Biswas. Set in the time of British rule in India, "Water" explores the lives of...
Apr 28, 2006 · Water is stunning because it is so quiet. The devastating unfairness of the lives of women interred in darkness, intertwined with the tragic love story of Narayan and Kalyani is played out without a hint of melodrama.
