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Water (DVD, 2006) Deepa Mehta
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eBay item number:274936536956
Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2006
- Type
- Movie
- Region Code
- DVD: 1 (US, Canada...)
- UPC
- 0024543266143
- EAN
- 0024543266143
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When Deepa Mehta first began filming WATER in 2000, angry fundamentalist mobs burned her sets and threatened her life. The Indian government claimed it could not protect her, and the project had to wait four years before finally filming in Sri Lanka. Her film has raised the ire of extremists because it challenges the Hindu customs that dictate that widows, considered half-dead after the loss of their husbands, must be closeted in holy ashrams--a practice that still exists today. Set in the 1930s, the film tells the story of eight-year old Chuyia, whose husband dies before she even meets him. Her parents shave her head and whisk her away to a house of widows where the women sleep on the ground and beg in the streets to earn their puny portion of rice. Chuyia, feisty and resilient, comes into this world like a ray of light, and soon the women are rethinking their mute acceptance of their fate. Her closest friend and ally is the lovely Kalyani, and soon a forbidden romance begins to develop between Kalyani and Narayana, a young Brahmin man who, following the teachings of Gandhi, has denounced injustice.The film is sumptuously beautiful, Chuyia is utterly winsome, and despite the harsh social issues at its heart, it often feels light and lively: Chuyia and Kalyani play games and dance, Chuyia steals sweets for a dying old widow, the women dance and paint each other's faces during a color festival, and the Cinderella-story romance between Kalyani and Narayana shimmers with the promise of salvation and happiness. Mehta, however, knows it would be disingenuous to allow such an easy resolution to such a dire situation, and the final chapter of WATER takes a tragic turn.
Product Identifiers
UPC
0024543266143
eBay Product ID (ePID)
54926346
Product Key Features
Actor
Seema Biswas, Kalbushan Kharbadna, Rishma Malik, Waheeda Rehman, Lisa Ray
Movie/TV Title
Water
Director
Deepa Mehta
Format
DVD
Release Year
2006
Genre
Drama
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
CA
Leading Role
Seema Biswas, Kalbushan Kharbadna, Rishma Malik, Waheeda Rehman, Lisa Ray
Release Date
20060829
Film Country
Canada
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