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?
Release Date: 26 May 2006Runtime: 117 min
Stars:
- Buddhi Wickrama
- Dolly Ahluwalia
- Hermantha Gamage
- Iranganie Serasinghe
- John Abraham
- Lisa Ray
- Manorama
- Meera Biswas
- Rinsly Weerarathne
- Rishma Malik
- Ronica Sajnani
- Sanoja Bibile
- Sarala Kariyawasam
- Seema Biswas
- Vidula Javalgekar
Director: Deepa Mehta
