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WATER Director: Deepa Mehta WATER, the third installment in Deepa Mehta's elemental trilogy (FIRE, EARTH) faced violent protests by Hindu fundamentalists in India which forced the production to shut down and remount years later in Sri Lanka . Set in 1930s Colonial India, when the practice of child marriage was
still prevalent, young girls were often married to older men to ensure
their family's economic survival. Eight-year-old Chuyia, a child with
little recollection of her husband or comprehension of her marriage
is widowed. In accordance with Hindu laws, she is sent to a home where
widows live in renunciation apart from society. Chuyia's rambunctious
presence has a rousing affect on the residents, particularly the devout
Shakuntula and Kalyani, a young widow forced into prostitution for the
home's financial preservation. Print Source: |
