Water Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Set in 1938 Colonial India, against Mahatma Gandhi's rise to power, "Water" begins when 8-year-old Chuyia is widowed and sent to a home where Hindu widows must live in penitence. Chuyia's feisty presence deeply affects the lives of the other residents, including a young widow, who falls for a Gandhian idealist.

Drama Foreign

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Water.

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  Lisa Ray

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  Seema Biswas

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  John Abraham

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Crew Behind the Film

The Water behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Deepa Mehta last directed Midnight's Children and Bollywood, Hollywood. The film's writer Deepa Mehta last wrote Midnight's Children and Secret Daughter.

Director

Deepa Mehta

Screenwriter

Deepa Mehta

Producer

David Hamilton

Additional Information

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Production Details

What we know about the Water movie production.

Key Facts

• The film, which will open the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8th, marks Mehta's third feature in her elemental trilogy following the acclaimed Fire and Earth. Every bit as controversial as Mehta's previous projects, production on Water was shut down in India in 2000 following violent protests and riots by Fundamentalist Hindus and death threats to Mehta. It took nearly five years to revamp the production in Sri Lanka under an assumed name and strict secrecy.

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