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This film deserves to be seen! Here's my review that I posted in Movies205's thread:
I had never seen such a poignant film this year in theatres until I watched Deepa Mehta's new film called "Water". This film focuses on the lives of widows in India, although I would hardly say they were living. We are introduced to this "living" condition through the eyes of a child named Chuiya and rightfully so because she's just as confused about what's happening as we are. The man she was forced to marry has died and now Chuiya is a widow at age 8. Shocking? Yes, for those not familiar with the custom that was part of the old Hindu traditions(and is still practiced today) will consider this custom to be pretty abhorrent, but that's how it is. This film was meant to send a message about the injustice that many widows suffer by providing a narrative that provokes strong emotions from the audience. You will find it difficult not to cry. There are other characters in the film as well, notably Kalyani, who is played by the strikingly beautiful and quite remarkable Lisa Ray. Kalyani's story is extremely heartbreaking as the only widow who hasn't cut her hair like the others. Why you ask? I won't tell you. I don't want to spoil the film too much. This is a wonderful film through and through and I did not realize that nearly 2 hours had passed. It is a film that is definitely worth seeing and I have to admit that it's the best film I've seen this year so far. Hats off to Deepa Mehta for being determined to make this film, although she faced alot of opposition from the locals while filming.
Oh, and I do have to talk about John Abraham as the lawyer Narayana. This is Abraham's best performance to date. Must be because he's played two dimensional characters in nearly all of his films. It doesn't really help that they're all bollywood films as well. Well, Abraham manages to pull off a softer and more reserved character than we've seen in his previous films such as "Garam Masala" and "Dhoom".
I haven't seen the first two films in the trilogy, but I plan on doing so. The three films in the trilogy are three different stories and are considered a trilogy by Mehta because they all speak on the old vs. new clash in India.
I had never seen such a poignant film this year in theatres until I watched Deepa Mehta's new film called "Water". This film focuses on the lives of widows in India, although I would hardly say they were living. We are introduced to this "living" condition through the eyes of a child named Chuiya and rightfully so because she's just as confused about what's happening as we are. The man she was forced to marry has died and now Chuiya is a widow at age 8. Shocking? Yes, for those not familiar with the custom that was part of the old Hindu traditions(and is still practiced today) will consider this custom to be pretty abhorrent, but that's how it is. This film was meant to send a message about the injustice that many widows suffer by providing a narrative that provokes strong emotions from the audience. You will find it difficult not to cry. There are other characters in the film as well, notably Kalyani, who is played by the strikingly beautiful and quite remarkable Lisa Ray. Kalyani's story is extremely heartbreaking as the only widow who hasn't cut her hair like the others. Why you ask? I won't tell you. I don't want to spoil the film too much. This is a wonderful film through and through and I did not realize that nearly 2 hours had passed. It is a film that is definitely worth seeing and I have to admit that it's the best film I've seen this year so far. Hats off to Deepa Mehta for being determined to make this film, although she faced alot of opposition from the locals while filming.
Oh, and I do have to talk about John Abraham as the lawyer Narayana. This is Abraham's best performance to date. Must be because he's played two dimensional characters in nearly all of his films. It doesn't really help that they're all bollywood films as well. Well, Abraham manages to pull off a softer and more reserved character than we've seen in his previous films such as "Garam Masala" and "Dhoom".
I haven't seen the first two films in the trilogy, but I plan on doing so. The three films in the trilogy are three different stories and are considered a trilogy by Mehta because they all speak on the old vs. new clash in India.
