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The story of Water begins in 1938 India as an 8 year old girl, who barely even remembers her wedding and has little comprehension of her marriage, has just been widowed. Required by ancient Hindu laws to now leave society, she is brought to a dilapidated widow house or ashram where, according to custom, her hair will be shorn, her clothes exchanged for white robes and the rest of her life, until her death, will be spent in renunciation. But the feisty, precocious, disbelieving Chuyia (Sarala) soon turns the house upside down with her rebellious spark. She begins to have a profound affect on the other women who live there, in particular the devout Shakuntala (Seema Biswas) and the beautiful Kalyani (Lisa Ray) who has been forced into prostitution by the domineering head widow, Madhumati (Manorama). It is Chuyia who leads Kalyani to meet the alluring law student and Gandhi nationalist Narayan (John Abraham), with whom Kalyani falls in love, despite the taboos. What happens next - an attempt at escape fueled by passion and bravery -- will change Chuyia forever and bring both tragedy and an unexpected ray of hope to the widow house.
Original Release
09/09/2005
US Release
04/28/2006
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Sarala Kariyawasam | Chuyia |
Buddhi Wickrama | Baba |
Rinsly Weerarathne | Chuyia's Husband |
Iranganie Serasinghe | Mother in Law |
Hermantha Gamage | Barber |
Ronica Sajnani | Kunti |
Manorama | Madhumati |
Rishma Malik | Snehalata |
Meera Biswas | Gyanvati |
Vidula Javalgekar | 'Auntie' Patiraji |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Sarala Kariyawasam | Chuyia |
Buddhi Wickrama | Baba |
Rinsly Weerarathne | Chuyia's Husband |
Iranganie Serasinghe | Mother in Law |
Hermantha Gamage | Barber |
Ronica Sajnani | Kunti |
Manorama | Madhumati |
Rishma Malik | Snehalata |
Meera Biswas | Gyanvati |
Vidula Javalgekar | 'Auntie' Patiraji |
Seema Biswas | Shakuntala |
Lisa Ray | Kalyani |
Sanoja Bibile | Woman Bather |
Dolly Ahluwalia | Upset Woman |
John Abraham | Narayan |
Waheeda Rehman | Bhagavati, Narayan's Mother |
Daya Alwis | Saduram |
Raghubir Yadav | Gulabi |
Vinay Pathak | Rabindra |
Kulbhushan Kharbanda | Sadananda |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Mark Burton | Executive Producer |
Doug Mankoff | Executive Producer |
Ajay Virmani | Executive Producer |
David Hamilton | Producer |
Dilip Mehta | Producer |
Marek Posival | Producer |
Claire Welland | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2007 | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film of the Year | Nominated |