Water (2005 film)
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| Directed by | Deepa Mehta |
| Produced by | David Hamilton |
| Screenplay by | Anurag Kashyap |
| Story by | Deepa Mehta |
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Seema Biswas Lisa Ray John Abraham Sarala Kariyawasam Manorama |
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A. R. Rahman Mychael Danna (Background Score) |
| Cinematography | Giles Nuttgens |
| Edited by | Colin Monie |
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Fox Searchlight Pictures (US) Mongrel Media (Canada) B.R. Films (India) |
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114 minutes |
| Country | Canada India |
| Language | English Hindi |
| Box office | $10,422,387 |
Water is a 2005 Indo-Canadian film written and directed by Deepa Mehta, with screenplay by Anurag Kashyap. It is set in 1938 and explores the lives of widows at an ashram in Varanasi, India. The film is also the third and final instalment of Mehta's Elements trilogy. It was preceded by Fire (1996) and Earth (1998). Author Bapsi Sidhwa wrote the 2006 novel based upon the film, Water: A Novel, published by Milkweed Press. Sidhwa's earlier novel, Cracking India was the basis for Earth, the second film in the trilogy. Water is a dark introspect into the tales of rural Indian widows in the 1940s and covers controversial subjects such as misogyny and ostracism. The film premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was honoured with the Opening Night Gala, and was released across Canada in November of that year. It was first released in India on 9 March 2007.
The film stars Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, John Abraham, and Sarala Kariyawasam in pivotal roles and Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Waheeda Rehman, Raghuvir Yadav, and Vinay Pathak in supporting roles. Featured songs for the film were composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics by Sukhwinder Singh and Raqeeb Alam while the background score was composed by Mychael Danna. Cinematography is by Giles Nuttgens, who has worked with Deepa Mehta on several of her films.
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