Water
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Water is a 2005 Canadian-Indian drama film by Deepa Mehta that explores the lives and struggles of Hindu widows in 1930s colonial India.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Water (2005 film) | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Giles Nuttgens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controversy | opposition from Hindu fundamentalist groups ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Canada
ⓘ
India ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| director | Deepa Mehta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Fox Searchlight Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Colin Monie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows |
Earth (1998 film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fire (1996 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Water NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActor |
John Abraham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lisa Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarala Kariyawasam NERFINISHED ⓘ Seema Biswas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Hindu widows
ⓘ
religious orthodoxy ⓘ social ostracism ⓘ widowhood ⓘ women's rights ⓘ |
| musicBy | A. R. Rahman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
ashram for Hindu widows
ⓘ
relationship between a widow and a Gandhian follower ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Varanasi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
Hindi
ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ |
| originallyPlannedFilmingLocation | Varanasi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Elements trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | Toronto International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | David Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Hamilton-Mehta Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionDelayedBy | political protests ⓘ |
| releaseStatusInIndia | delayed release ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| representsCountryInAward | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runningTime | 114 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Deepa Mehta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | colonial India ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| theme |
Gandhian politics
ⓘ
child marriage ⓘ |
| timeSetting | 1938 ⓘ |
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