Director: Deepa Mehta; Writer: Anurag Kashyap, Deepa Mehta; Producer: Mark Burton, David Hamilton, Doug Mankoff, Dilip Mehta, Marek Posival, Ajay Virmani, Claire Welland; Cinematographer: Giles Nuttgens; Editor: Colin Monie; Cast: Sarala Kariyawasam, Buddhi Wickrama, Rinsly Weerarathne, Iranganie Serasinghe, Hermantha Gamage, Ronica Sajnani, Manorama, Rishma Malik, Meera Biswas, Vidula Javalgekar, Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, Sanoja Bibile, Dolly Ahluwalia, John Abraham, Waheeda Rehman, Daya Alwis, Raghuvir Yadav, Vinay Pathak, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Delon Weerasinghe, Seema, Francisca Mudannayake, Mulchand Dedhia, Isuru Navodya, Niroshan Wijesinghe, Gerson Da Cunha, Vasant Nath, Mohan Jhangiani, Zul Vilani, Kumari Dissanayake, S. Thevanamma, Seelawathie Silva, Siththi Ummah, Fowzie Inaya, Mala Meenachchi, A.A. Premawathie, Nazeema Farlya, T. Mageswari, H. Pathiranage, S. Pooneswary, S. Parameshawari, S. Santhanam Mary, S. Rajeshwari, Deepa Mehta
Duration: 01:56:49; Aspect Ratio: 2.389:1; Hue: 142.857; Saturation: 0.072; Lightness: 0.143; Volume: 0.095; Cuts per Minute: 14.038
Summary: A thesis picture. In 1938, Gandhi's party is making inroads in women's rights. Chuyia, a child already married but living with her parents, becomes a widow. By tradition, she is unceremoniously left at a bare and impoverished widows' ashram, beside the Ganges during monsoon season. The ashram's leader pimps out Kalyani, a young and beautiful widow, for household funds. Narayan, a follower of Gandhi, falls in love with her. Can she break with tradition and religious teaching to marry him? The ashram's moral center is Shakuntala, deeply religious but conflicted about her fate. Can she protect Kalyani or Chuyia? Amid all this water, is rebirth possible or does tradition drown all?
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