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Six years after production originally began, Deepa
Mehta finally sees Water, the third instalment in her elements trilogy, make
it onto screen. Undeterred by death threats from Hindu fundamentalists and
her sets being burned to the ground, the gutsy filmmaker crafts a subtle
study of the mistreatment of widows in pre-independence India. Centering on
Chuya, a seven-year-old widow, whose presence galvanizes the co-habitants of
a widow's ashram, this drama is worthy of attention. |
