TY - ADVS AU - Mehta,Deepa AU - Hamilton,David AU - Ray,Lisa AU - Biswas,Seema AU - Abraham,John AU - Yadav,Raghuvir AU - Kharbanda,Kulbhushan AU - Rehman,Waheeda AU - Pathak,Vinay AU - Danna,Mychael AU - Monie,Colin AU - Nuttgens,Giles ED - Hamilton Mehta Productions. ED - Noble Nomad Pictures. ED - Fox Searchlight Pictures. ED - Mongrel Media. ED - Telefilm Canada. ED - Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. TI - Water U1 - 791.4372 PY - 2006/// CY - Beverly Hills, CA PB - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment KW - Widows KW - India KW - Drama KW - Widowhood KW - Widows (Hindu law) N1 - Orginally released theatrically in 2005; Special features: Commentary by director Deepa Mehta [optional audio feature]; Behind-the-scenes [featurette] (21 min.); The story behind the making of 'Water" [featurette] (4 min.); Music, Mychael Danna ; editor, Colin Monie ; director of photography, Giles Nuttgens; Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, John Abraham, Sarala, Manorama, Vidula Javalgekar, Raghuvir Yadav, Kulbushan Kharbanda, Vinay Pathak N2 - The film examines the plight of a group of widows forced into poverty at a temple in the holy city of Varanasi. It focuses on a relationship between one of the widows, who wants to escape the social restrictions imposed on widows, and a man who is from the highest caste and a follower of Mahatma Gandhi ER -