Water Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Last modified: Nov. 8, 2008

Water

Director: Deepa Mehta

Starring: Lisa Ray • Seema Biswas • John Abraham

R Drama N/A

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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.

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A look at Water behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Deepa Mehta last helmed Midnight's Children and Bollywood, Hollywood. The film's writer Deepa Mehta last penned Midnight's Children and Secret Daughter.

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.

Dec 2004

Changed Water movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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Parent Rating: R Restricted for mature thematic material involving sexual situations, and for brief drug use
Runtime: N/A
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Language: English

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Water was released in on Friday, April 28 , 2006. There were six other movies released on the same date, including Akeelah and the Bee, United 93 and Waist Deep.