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Water - Lisa Ray, Seema Biswas, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Deepa Mehta
Threat advisory: High - High risk of entertaining activities
Movie propaganda
Set in the 1930s during the rise of the independence struggles against British colonial rule, the film examines the plight of a group of widows forced into poverty at a temple in the holy city of Varanasi. Water focuses on a relationship between one of the widows, who wants to escape the social restrictions imposed on widows, and a man who is from a lower caste and a follower of Mahatma Gandhi.
Theatrical propaganda posters
Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film India drama romance British rule independence widow caste oppression
Persons of interest
- Lisa Ray .... Kalyani
- Seema Biswas .... Shakuntala
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda .... Sadananda
- Waheeda Rehman .... Bhagavati
- Raghuvir Yadav .... Gulabi
- Vinay Pathak .... Rabindra
- Rishma Malik .... Snehalata
- John Abraham .... Narayana
- Deepa Mehta .... Screenwriter
- Deepa Mehta .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
- Water official movie site
- Water film production notes
- Water QuickTime movie trailers
- Awards and film festivals:
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS - Oscars) 2007: Nominated: Best foreign language film (Canada)
- Bangkok International Film Festival 2006: International Competition
- Edinburgh International Film Festival 2006: Director's showcase
- Film Critics Circle of Australia 2006: Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film
- National Board of Review, USA 2006: Won: Top Five Foreign Film
- Toronto International Film Festival 2005: Opening night film
- NB: Hindi language dialogue with English language subtitles
- See also Fire
- Studios and distributors:
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Theatrical report
If you like hard-hitting drama mixed in with sumptuous production values and fabulous acting in a stunning setting then you'll like Deepa Mehta's final Elemental Trilogy film, Water. The dilapidated temples, the flowing cloth, the river, the colours, the movements, the dusky-skinned maidens, the Bollywood heart-throbs...
And then there's the brain-food: religion, tradition, innocence, oppression, repression, true love, unrequited love... it doesn't get much better than this.
Security censorship classification
M (Moderate themes)
Surveillance time
116 minutes (1:56 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 13 April 2006
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