Water
"For Five Years, Extremist Groups Waged A Campaign of Death Threats, Arson and Riots To Stop The Production of "Water." But The Filmmakers Were Not To Be Silenced."
Overview
The 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.
Movie Details
Revenue
$10.4M
$10,422,387
Languages
Hindi
Studio
David Hamilton Productions
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Key Crew
Deepa Mehta
Screenplay
Deepa Mehta
Director
Cast
Lisa Ray
Kalyani
Sarala
Chuyia
John Abraham
Narayan
Seema Biswas
Shakuntala
Waheeda Rehman
Bhagavati, Narayan's Mother
Vinay Pathak
Rabindra
Rishma Malik Scott
Snehalata
Manorama
Madhumati
Raghubir Yadav
Gulabi
Gerson Da Cunha
Seth Dwarkanath
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Sadananda
