Water (2005)
Water (2005)
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.
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.

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Cast

Lisa Ray Lisa Ray As: Kalyani
Sarala Sarala As: Chuyia
John Abraham John Abraham As: Narayan
Seema Biswas Seema Biswas As: Shakuntala
Waheeda Rehman Waheeda Rehman As: Bhagavati, Narayan's Mother
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Storyline

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.


Tagline: 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.
Certification: PG

Details

Genres: Drama, Romance

Language: हिन्दी

Release Date: 08 September 2005

Country: CA, IN

Runtime: 115m

Film Collections

Company Credits

Company: David Hamilton Productions, Flagship International, Noble Nomad Pictures, Echo Lake Entertainment, Fox Searchlight Pictures

Revenue: $10,422,387

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Cast

Lisa Ray

Lisa Ray

Kalyani

Sarala

Sarala

Chuyia

John Abraham

John Abraham

Narayan

Seema Biswas

Seema Biswas

Shakuntala

Waheeda Rehman

Waheeda Rehman

Bhagavati, Narayan's Mother

Vinay Pathak

Vinay Pathak

Rabindra

Rishma Malik Scott

Rishma Malik Scott

Snehalata

Manorama

Manorama

Madhumati

Raghubir Yadav

Raghubir Yadav

Gulabi

Gerson Da Cunha

Gerson Da Cunha

Seth Dwarkanath

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Sadananda

Directed By

Deepa Mehta

Deepa Mehta

Director

Jack Boem

Jack Boem

Second Assistant Director

Writing Credits

Production Crew

Ajay Virmani

Ajay Virmani

Executive Producer

Dilip Mehta

Dilip Mehta

Associate Producer

Doug Mankoff

Doug Mankoff

Executive Producer

Uma Da Cunha

Uma Da Cunha

Casting

David Hamilton

David Hamilton

Producer

Mark Burton

Mark Burton

Executive Producer

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Hermantha Gamage

Hermantha Gamage

Makeup Artist

Dolly Ahluwalia

Dolly Ahluwalia

Costume Design

Sound

A.R. Rahman

A.R. Rahman

Original Music Composer

Steve Baine

Steve Baine

Foley

Andrew Tay

Andrew Tay

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Mychael Danna

Mychael Danna

Additional Soundtrack

Visual Effects

Rebecca Adams

Rebecca Adams

VFX Production Coordinator

Camera

Giles Nuttgens

Giles Nuttgens

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Rumana Hamied

Rumana Hamied

Set Decoration

Lal Harindranath

Lal Harindranath

Set Decoration

Sumant Jayakrishnan

Sumant Jayakrishnan

Art Direction

Other Crew

Teddy Vidyalankara

Teddy Vidyalankara

Stunt Coordinator

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