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Water is a 2005 drama and romance film directed by Deepa Mehta, who co-wrote the screenplay with Anurag Kashyap. The movie features Lisa Ray, Seema Biswas, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, and Waheeda Rehman in the cast, with music composed by A. R. Rahman and cinematography by Giles Nuttgens. Originating from Canada and India, the narrative is set in India and presented in English and Hindi.
The film has a runtime of 115 to 117 minutes and was distributed by Searchlight Pictures and Netflix via video on demand. It generated revenue of 10422387 and was produced by David Hamilton Productions, Flagship International, Noble Nomad Pictures, Echo Lake Entertainment, and Fox Searchlight Pictures. Keywords associated with the work include widow, site of pilgrimage, Hinduism, Mahatma Gandhi, and Varanasi.
Water received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Review scores include 91%, 7.6/10, and 77/100, with an IMDb rating of 7.7 and a TMDb vote average of 6.79. The film is assessed using the Bechdel test.
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6.8The year is 1938, and Mahatma Gandhi's groundbreaking philosophies are sweeping across India, but 8-year-old Chuyia, newly widowed, must go to live with other outcast widows on an ashram. Her presence transforms the ashram as she befriends two of her compatriots.
Cast
- Lisa Ray as Kalyani
- Sarala as Chuyia
- John Abraham as Narayan
- Seema Biswas as Shakuntala
- Waheeda Rehman as Bhagavati, Narayan's Mother
- Vinay Pathak as Rabindra
Themes
- widow
- site of pilgrimage
- hinduism
- mahatma gandhi
- varanasi
- child bride
- woman director
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- Hindi
- Director
- Deepa Mehta
- Screenwriter
- Anurag Kashyap
- Composer
- A. R. Rahman
- Cinematographer
- Giles Nuttgens
- Narrative location
- India
- Duration
- 114
- FilmAffinity ID
- 164084
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.foxsearchlight.com/water
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- title
- वाटर
- publication date
- 2006-09-07
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- different from
- Water
- review score
- 77/100
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