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WATER (2005)

DIRECTED BY DEEPA MEHTA AND

PRODUCED BY DAVID HAMILTON


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INTRODUCTION:

Water (2005)

Directed by Deeepa Mehta

Produced by David Hamilton

Water part of the trilogy Fire (1996) andEarth (1998)

Controversial movies


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DEEPA MEHTA/ DAVID HAMILTON

Deepa Mehta

- Born in Amritsar, 1949

- Sam&Me (1991)

- Camilla (1995)

- Trilogy of 3 films: Fire(1996),

Earth(1998),Water(2005)

David Hamilton

- Canadian film producer

- Founder of Hamilton-Mehta Productions


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HAMILTON-MEHTA PRODUCTIONS

About the company :

Co-founded in 1996

Toronto-based independent film production

Filmography of the company:

- Fire (1996)

- Earth (1998)

- Water (2005)- Heaven on Earth (2008)

- The Forgotten Woman (2008)

- Cooking with Stella (2009)


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SYNOPSIS WATER (2005)

Set in 1938, colonial India

Story based on widow women in India

Story of Chuyia (8 years old)

Meeting with Shakuntala

Befriending Kalyani and Narayan

Love story of Kalyani and Narayan

Prostitution of Kalyani

Suicide of Kalyani

Chuyia saved by Shakuntala

Train leaving Vanarasi with Gandhi, Narayan

and Chuyia


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CASTING

John Abraham (as Narayan)

- Indian Actor

- 1st film => Jism

- I refuse the term Bollywood. I find itterribly subservient.

- In Water, role of Narayan => law student, Gandhi

nationalist

Lisa Ray (as Kalyani)-Raised in Canada-2001: Star of the Future / first hindi film

Kasoor

-In Water, role of Kalyani => widow forced

into prostitution


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CASTING

Seema Biswas

- Joined National School of Drama at Delhi

- 1994: plays the role of Phoolan Devi in Shekhar

KapursBandit Queen- 1996: won award Best Actress forBandit Queen

- 2006: won Best Actress Genie Award for Water

- In Water, role of Shakuntala wise woman, voice of reason

Sarala ( Chuyia)

- Sri Lankan child artist

- Student at Sangamitta Balika Vidyalaya school

- In Water, role of Chuyia widow child, joyful.


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WATER- A REALISTIC BOLLYWOOD MOVIE

Il nest pas dans la nature du cinma dtre un art. Commechacun sait, le cinma est de nature technique. Il est la

technique qui permet de crer, ce jour, la plus efficace

illusion de ralit qui ne se soit jamais donne en

spectacle : le monde sy prsente avec toutes les

apparences du naturel. Cest pourquoi doit tre qualifie de

tentative naturaliste toute tentative de faire uvre qui voudraitrestreindre le cinma leffet technique dillusion de naturel. Le

naturalisme consiste se reposer sur la capacit

technique du cinma restituer mimtiquement la

ralit. [] le naturalisme ne saccomplit entirement

quavec lapparition du son, qui permettra enfin de

reproduire la vie telle quelle est Texte de la confrence prononce par Denis Lvy

au Studio des Ursulines le 5 fvrier 1995.

N7 LArt du Cinma- Le ralisme au Cinma.

http://www.artcinema.org/spip.php?article35


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HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL SETTING:

WATERAND ITS WATERY REALITIES.

1938 India

Gandhi

City of Varanasi

(Benares)

Widows Ashram

"I keep closing my eyes trying to

imagine what I want the shot to

look like and all I see is

politicians faces.(Deepa Metha,2000)

Threatened to death, Deepas

effigies burnt down. A politcal

party the KRSS (Kashi Sanskrit

Raksha Sangharsh Samiti)

specifically set up against Deepa

Metha and her movie.

Scenes eventually turned in

Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Film backloth Political issues


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THEMES

Widowhood

- Laws of Manu

- Life in the ashram near the Ganges

- Any ways to escape widowhood ?

Prostitution and Begging.

- Ashrams or Brothels ?

- Varanasi beggers : Widows and Untouchables


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THEMES

Water and songs- Music andrealism

- Water soundtrack (A.R.

RAHMAN)- Music as a realistic weapon .

- Abundance of Music insists onthe cinema as the illusion ofreality.

- Waters music blends in thesetting

- Waters music acts as a Musicalfallacy


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REVIEWS CANADA / INDIA

Won the Toronto film

festival prize .

put aside the blinkers of

Westerners about theplight of Women . More

particularly on widows and

the laws of Manu.

aside from its subject

matter, language, and

cast, the movie is anything

but Indian--even two of the

leads are non-Indian.

Whats more, Water is

banned in the very nation

it attempts to help.

Water was banned in

India.

Political and religious

Indians believe it was topromote British

colonization ideas,

imperialism and

orientalism as well as to

demonize Hinduism.

What can we do ? What

can you do ? We think you

have done enough thank

you

Review in Canada Reviews in India


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CONCLUSION:Film which raised controversial issues

Internationally acclaimed film

True-to-life story

Realistic movie, not a Bollywood movie

Directors statement on Water:

There are some images that become indelible in our minds.

One such image that has stayed with me for 10 years is that

of a Hindu widow in the Holy Indian city of Varanasi. Bent

like a shrimp, her body wizened with age, white hair shaved close to her

scalp, she scampered on all fours, furiously looking for something she

had lost on the steps of the Ganges. [ ] It was this image of a widow,sitting on her haunches, arms outstretched on her knees, head bowed

down in defeat that became imprinted in my mind and led to the idea of

a screenplay which was to become the film Water.

(Deepa Mehta, from http://www.foxsearchlight.com/water/)


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BIBLIOGRAPHY:Websites about reviews

Film reviews:http://www.planetbollywood.com/Film/Water/

Onlyne:

http://smrana.blogspot.com/2010/01/water-2005.html

Seven Oaks:

http://www.sevenoaksmag.com/commentary/81_comm4.html

The NewYork Times:

http://movies.nytimes.com/2006/04/28/movies/28wate.html

Bright Lights Film Journal:

http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/28/water.html

Websites about films and actors

Fox SearchLight:

http://www.foxsearchlight.com/water/ Hamilton-Mehta productions:

http://www.hamiltonmehta.com/films/water/

John Abrahams official website:

http://utvjohn.com/know-me-better-about-me/

Lisa Rays official website:

http://lisaraniray.com/about-lisa/

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