- HD 1080
- Runtime: 115m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: hi
- Country: Canada, India
- Director: Deepa Mehta
- Stars: Lisa Ray, Sarala, John Abraham, Seema Biswas, Waheeda Rehman
- keywords: widow, site of pilgrimage, hinduism, mahatma gandhi, varanasi, child bride, woman director
- Production_studio: David Hamilton Productions, Flagship International, Noble Nomad Pictures, Echo Lake Entertainment, Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Slogan: For Five Years, Extremist Groups Waged A Campaign of Death Threats, Arson and Riots To Stop The Production of "Water." But The Filmmakers Were Not To Be Silenced.
- The Water is featured in the top rankings of 2005
- #17 in Top Romance Movies of 2005
- #99 in Top Drama Movies of 2005
The year is 1938, and Mahatma Gandhi's groundbreaking philosophies are sweeping across India, but 8-year-old Chuyia, newly widowed, must go to live with other outcast widows on an ashram. Her presence transforms the ashram as she befriends two of her compatriots.
