Water (2005)

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PG-13 | 1 hr 54 mins | Drama, Period, Foreign | Released: 4/28/2006 |Box Office Total: $3.2M

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Synopsis:

In 1938 India an 8 year old girl, who barely even remembers her wedding and has little comprehension of her marriage, has just been widowed. Required by ancient Hindu laws to now leave society, she is brought to a dilapidated widow house or ashram where, according to custom, her hair will be shorn, her clothes exchanged for white robes and the rest of her life, until her death, will be spent in renunciation. But the feisty, precocious, disbelieving Chuyia soon turns the house upside down with her rebellious spark. She begins to have a profound effect on the other women who live there, in particular the devout Shakuntala and the beautiful Kalyani, who has been forced into prostitution by the domineering head widow, Madhumati. It is Chuyia who leads Kalyani to meet the alluring law student and Gandhi nationalist Narayan, with whom Kalyani falls in love, despite the taboos. What happens next--an attempt at escape fueled by passion and bravery--will change Chuyia forever and bring both tragedy and an unexpected ray of hope to the widow house.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
4/28/2006

Director	Credit
Deepa Mehta	Director
Cast	Credit
Seema Biswas	Shakuntala
Zul Vilani	Gandhi's Voice
John Abraham	Narayan
Lisa Ray	Kalyani
Rishma Malik	Snehalata
Vinay Pathak	Rabindra
Raghuvir Yadav	Gulabi
Waheeda Rehman	Narayan's Mother
Kulbhushan Kharbanda	Sadananda
Vidula Javalgekar	Patiraji, aka "Auntie"
Manorama	Madhumati
Sarala	Chuyia
Gerson Da Cunha	Seth Dwarkanath
Ronica Sajnani	Kunti
Meera Biswas	Gyanvati
Buddhi Wickrama	Baba
Rinsly Weerarathne	Chuyia's Husband
Iranganie Serasinghe	Mother in Law
Hemantha Gamage	Barber
Sanoja Bibile	Woman Bather
Dolly Ahluwalia	Upset Woman
Daya Alwis	Saduram
Delon Weerasinghe	Priest
Francisca Mudannayake	Little Girl
Seema	Bahu-Rani
Mulchand Dedhia	Vendor
Isuru Navodya	Young Patiraji
Niroshan Wijesinghe	Patiraji's Groom
Mohan Jhangiani	Gandhi
Vasanth Nath	Young Gandhi Follower
Kumari Dissanayake	- The Widow
Seelawathie Silva	The Widow
Fowzie Inaya	The Widow
A A Premawathhie	The Widow
T Mageswari	The Widow
S Pooneswary	The Widow
M Santhanammary	The Widow
S Thevanamma	The Widow
Siththi Ummah	The Widow
Mala Meenachchi	The Widow
Nazeema Farlya	The Widow
H Pathiranage	The Widow
S Parameshawari	The Widow
Rajeshwari Sachdev	The Widow
Production Credits	Credit
David Hamilton	Producer
Dilip Mehta	Associate Producer
Ajay Virmani	Executive Producer
Mark Burton	Executive Producer
Marek Posival	Associate Producer
Douglas Mankoff	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Deepa Mehta Films	Production Company
Canadian Television Fund	Production Company
Harold Greenberg Fund	Production Company
Astral Media	Production Company
Super Ecran	Production Company
The Movie Network	Production Company
Echo Lake Productions	Production Company
Telefilm Canada	Production Company
Noble Nomad Pictures Ltd.	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Fox Searchlight Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Mongrel Media	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Filmladen GmbH	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Varanasi, India
Sri Lanka
Writer	Credit
Deepa Mehta	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Krishantha Gunasekera	Accountant - Location Accountant
Janice Fowlie	Production Accountant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Neelawathura Wijewardena	Animal Services - Animal Handler
Art Department	Credit
Senaka Navaratne	Concept Artist - Sketch Artist
Ranjith Anuradha	Painter
Sunil Wijeratne	Assistant Art Director
Rumana Hamied	Set Dresser
Sumant Jayakrishnan	Art Director
Lal Dissanayake	Swing Gang
Welegedara Ranasinghe	Assistant Set Decorator
Lal Harindranath	Set Decorator
Dilip Mehta	Production Designer
B.R.C. Rajasiri	Swing Gang
Lionel Wattege	Set Dresser - Set Dressing Carpenter
P.U. Karunaratne	Painter
Senaka Navaratne	Assistant Art Director
Sunil Kodituwakku	Painter
Rumana Hamied	Assistant Art Director
Lionel Wattege	Set Dresser - Set Dressing Electrician
P D Michael	Set Dresser - Set Dressing Carpenter
I.M. U Upatissa	Painter
Siddharth Sirohi	Assistant Art Director
R.G. Ranoj Pyriyantha	Painter
N Senaratne	Set Dresser - Set Dressing Helper
Casting	Credit
Uma Da Cunha	Casting
Moly Perera	Extras Casting Assistant
Kate Chantler	Extras Casting - Extras Casting Director
Nimal Wijesirl	Extras Casting
Craft Services	Credit
Ruwan	Craft Service - On Set Craft Services
Film Camera	Credit
Giles Nuttgens	Director of Photography
Lee Englemann	Colorist - Dailies Colourist
Eberhard Schedl	Steadicam Operator - Steadicam Photographer
Kerry Smart	Assistant Camera
Felix Heeb	Film Lab - Film Scanning and Recording
Ricardo Olivero	Color Timer
Devyani Saltzman	Photography - Stills Photographer
Jason Giberson	Film Lab - Film Scanning and Recording
Melanie Jeffrey	Assistant Camera
Art Montreuil	Color Timer
Champika Nilantha	Assistant Camera
Paul Mantler	Film Lab - Film Scanning and Recording
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Royal Bank of Canada	Film Financier Production Financing
Film Finances Canada Ltd.	Completion Bond Provider
Celluloid Dreams	Distribution Sales International Sales
Legal	Credit
Lon J Hall	Legal Counsel - Canadian Production Counsel
Chander Lal	Legal Counsel - Indian Counsel
Management	Credit
J W Mendis	Manager - Facilities Manager
Music	Credit
Lokesh Dhawan	Music Engineer - Engineer
Nicholas Dodd	Orchestrations - String Orchestration
A. R. Rahman	Composer
H Sridhar	Music Editor - Music Editing
Sukhwinder Singh	Song
Sukhwinder Singh	Song Performer
Mychael Danna	Music
Raqueeb Alam	Song
Srinivas Murthy	Orchestrations - Strings Orchestrater and Conductor
Shantanu	Music Engineer - Engineer
A R Rahman	Composer
Anoushka Shankar	Music
Sadhna Sargam	Song Performer
Franz Schubert	Song
Ajay Chakroborty	Song Performer
Rakesh Chaurasia	Music
Peter Breiner	Music Engineer - Engineer
Kaushiki	Song Performer
G S Sachdev	Music
Ulhas Bhapat	Music
Ganga	Song Performer
Raqueeb Alam	Song Performer
Madhu	Music
Richa Sharma	Song Performer
Selva Ganesh	Music
Surjo Bhattacharya	Song Performer
Bravani Shanker	Music
Febi	Song Performer - Chorus
Vic Fraser	Music - Copyist
Kalyan	Music - Violin Leader
Feji	Song Performer - Chorus
Ganga	Song Performer - Chorus
Sivamani	Music - Kol & Percussion
Naveen	Music - Flute
Elif Isikozlu	Song Performer
Juthikja Roy	Song Performer
Raja	Music - Indian Rhythm
Veda	Music - Indian Rhythm
Begum Akhtar	Song Performer
Eelankantan	Music - Indian Rhythm
Lakshinaryan	Music - Indian Rhythm
Physical Effects	Credit
Teddy Widyalankara	Stunt Coordinator
Production Management	Credit
Dylan Gray	Assistant Director
Claire Welland	Line Producer
W Michael Beard	Post-Production Supervisor
Lylie Almeida	Unit Production Manager
Asoka Perera	Production Supervisor
Rienzie Perera	Assistant Location Manager
Winnifred Jong	Script Supervisor
Anthony Lordon	Location Manager
Rick Hannigan	Project Manager - Project Supervisor
Pearl Dunuwila	Production Coordinator
Gina Fowler	Production Manager
Jack Boem	Assistant Director
M Nandadiri	Assistant Location Manager
Rebecca Adams	Production Coordinator
Tom Bak	Production Supervisor
Diana Madureira	Production Coordinator
Akshay Roy	Assistant Director
Avani Batra	Assistant Director - Third Assistant Director
Siddique Mohamed	Assistant Director - Third Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
Karunadasa Pathiratne	Sound - Sound Cable Person
Elius Caruso	Rerecording Mixer
Sylvain Arsenault	Sound Recordist
Steve Bain	Foley Artist
Shreela Chakrabarity	Sound Effects - Location Sound Effects Recording
John Loranger	Assistant Sound Editor
Roberta Bratti	Audio - Supervisor – Audio Operator
Jamie Gould	Rerecording Assistant
H Sridhar	Sound Engineer
Matthew McKenzie	ADR - ADR Recordist
Mark Gingras	Supervising Sound Editor
Peter Persaud	Recording Engineer - Foley Recording Engineer
Bryan Day	Sound Recordist
Gina Gyles	Foley Artist
Andrew Tay	Rerecording Mixer
John Laing	Supervising Sound Editor
Mike Paterson	Recording Engineer - Optical Track Engineer
S Ivakumar	Sound Engineer
Rifiq	ADR - ADR Recordist and Engineer
Lal Dissanayake	Sound Recordist
Aditya Modi	Sound Engineer
Christian Carruthers	Rerecording Mixer
Pat Cassin	Sound Recordist
Visual Effects	Credit
Wojceich Kufner	3-D Animator
Ian Suddarth	Digital Effects - Digital Editing
R.R.B. Alphonso	Special Effects - Key SPFX
Mark Tureski	Titles and Opticals - Digital Opticals and Titles
Anna Ivanova	Compositing Supervisor - Digital Compositor
Allan Magled	Visual Effects Supervisor
Gamini Mallawarachchi	Special Effects Coordinator
Michael Kowalski	Visual Effects Producer
Drake Conrad	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Colourist
Chris Ross	Titles and Opticals - Digital Opticals and Titles
Mike Mombourquette	Compositing Supervisor - Digital Compositor
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Seema	Wardrobe Assistant
Reagan Noble	Hair Stylist
Lalith Dharmawardena	Hair
Yusuf	Costume Supervisor - Costume Dept. Chief in Charge
Hira Lal	Wardrobe Dresser - Dresser
Suraj Azmath	Assistant Costume Designer - Assistant Costumer
Viswa	Tailor
Elizabeth Gruszka	Makeup
Lucky Athauda	Assistant Costume Designer - Assistant Costumer
Ravi Wickramanayake	Hair Stylist
Ranjith Wickremasinghe	Makeup
Hermantha Gamage	Makeup - Daily Make Up
Inoka Nilanthi Ruhunge	Assistant Costume Designer - Assistant Costumer

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