Water
Drama. Recounts the plight of Indian widows in the 1930s who, shunned by society, are forced into poverty. Completes the 'elemental' trilogy which began with 1996's FIRE and EARTH in 1998.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Shakuntala Seema Biswas
- Kalyani Lisa Ray
- Narayan John Abraham
- Chuyia Sarala
- Madhumati Manorama
- Patiraji Vidula Javalgekar
- Gulabi Raghuvir Yadav
- Sadananda Kulbhushan Kharbanda
- Rabindra Vinay Pathak
- Seth Dwarkanath Gerson da Cunha
- Kunti Ronica Sajnani
- Gyanvati Meera Biswas
- Narayan's mother Waheeda Rehman
- Baba Buddhi Wickrama
- Chuyia's husband Rinsly Weerarathne
- mother-in-law Iranganie Serasinghe
- barber Hermantha Gamage
- Snehlata Rishma Malik
- woman bather Sanoja Bibile
- upset woman Dolly Ahluwalia
- Saduram Daya Alwis
- priest Delon Weerasinghe
- Bahu-Rani Seema
- little girl Francisca Mudannayake
- vendor Moolchand Dedhia
- young Patiraji Isuru Navodya
- Patiraji's groom Niroshan Wijesinghe
- young Gandhi follower Vasant Nath
- Gandhi Mohan Jhangiani
- Gandhi's voice Zul Vilani
- the widows Kumari Dissanayake
- the widows S. Thevanamma
- the widows Seelawathie Silva
- the widows Siththi Ummah
- the widows Fowzie Inaya
- the widows Mala Meenachchi
- the widows A.A. Premawathie
- the widows Nazeema Farlya
- the widows T. Mageswari
- the widows H. Pathiranage
- the widows S. Pooneswary
- the widows S. Parameshawari
- the widows M. Santhanam Mary
- the widows Rajeshwari
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Deepa Mehta
- Assistant Director (1st) Dylan Gray
- Assistant Director (2nd) Jack Boem
- Assistant Director (2nd 2nd) Akshay Roy
- Assistant Director (3rd - Cast) Avani Batra
- Script Supervisor Winnifred Jong
Production
- © Hamilton Mehta Productions Inc.
- Presented by Mongrel Media
- Presented in association with Téléfilm Canada
- Presented in association with Noble Nomad Pictures Ltd.
- Presented in association with Echo Lake Productions
- Produced with the participation of TMN - The Movie Network
- Produced with the participation of Super Écran
- Produced with the participation of Astral Media
- Produced with the participation of The Harold Greenberg Fund
- Produced with the participation of CTF - License Fee Program
- Produced in association with CHUM Television
- Produced in association with Movie Central
- Produced in association with Corus
- International Sales Celluloïd Dreams
- Production Financing Royal Bank of Canada
- Completion Bond Film Finances Canada
- Executive Producer Mark Burton
- Executive Producer Ajay Virmani
- Executive Producer Doug Mankoff
- Executive Producer David Hamilton
- Produced by/A David Hamilton Production David Hamilton
- Line Producer Claire Welland
- Associate Producer Dilip Mehta
- Associate Producer Marek Posival
- Unit Production Manager Lylie Almeida
- Production Manager Gina Fowler
- Production Supervisor Asoka Perera
- Production Co-ordinator Pearl Dunuwila
- Production Accountant Janice Fowlie
- Location Manager Anthony Lordon
- Post-production Supervisor W. Michael Beard
- Development Consultant Deepa Mehta
Casting
- Casting Uma da Cunha
Writing
- Written by Deepa Mehta
Photography
- Director of Photography Giles Nuttgens
- Steadicam Operator Eberhard Schedl
- Gaffer Bob Davidson
- Gaffer Moolchand Dedhia
- Key Grip Denham Van Gramberg
Stills
- Stills Photographer Devyani Saltzman
Special Effects
- Digital Visual Effects Created by Soho VFX
- Soho VFX (Visual Effects Supervisor) Allan Magled
- Special Effects Co-ordinator Gamini Mallawarachchi
- Key Special Effects R.R.B. Alphonso
Editing
- Film Editor [Original/English Versions] Colin Monie
- Film Editor [English Version] Paul Whitehead
- 1st Assistant Film Editor Paul Whitehead
Design
- Production Designer Dilip Mehta
- Design Consultant Errol Kelly
- Art Director Sumant Jayakrishnan
- Set Decorator Lal Harindranath
- Prop Master Lionel Liyanage
- Construction Manager K.D. Justin
Costumes
- Costume Designer Dolly Ahluwallia
- Costume Department Chief in Charge Yusuf
- Chief Assistant Narendra Singh
Make-up
- Key Make-up Liz Gruszka
- Key Hairstylist Regan Noble
Titles
- Digital Opticals and Titles Mark Tureski
Film processing
- Colour Timer Ricardo Olivero
- Colour Timer Arthur Montreuil
- Digital Intermediate Cinebyte
- Negative Cutter Tom Mayclim
- Negative Cutter Exact Cut
Music
- Music Composed by Mychael Danna
- Lyrics Sukhwinder Singh
- Songs Composed by A.R. Rahman
- Sitar Anoushka Shankar
- Bansuri Rakesh Chaurasia
- Bass Bansui (Raag Khamaj) G.S. Sachdev
- Santoor Ulhas Bhapat
- Shehenai Madhu
- Kanjiras Selva Ganesh
- Pakawaj/Manjira/Tabla Bravani Shanker
- Tanpura Mychael Danna
- Violin Leader Kalyan
- Chorus Febi
- Chorus Feji
- Chorus Ganga
- Kol/Percussion Sivamani
- Flute Naveen
- Indian Rhythm Raja
- Indian Rhythm Veda
- Indian Rhythm Neelakantan
- Indian Rhythm Lakshinarayan
- Strings Conducted by Srinivasa Murthy
- Strings Orchestrated by Srinivasa Murthy
- String Orchestration Nicholas Dodd
- Additional Music Editing H. Sridhar
Choreography
- Choreographer Vikramaditya Motwane
Sound
- Sound Recordist Sylvain Arseneault
- Sound Recordist Bryan Day
- Sound Recordist Lal C. Dissanayake
- Boom Operator Pat Cassin
- Re-recording Mixer Elius Caruso
- Re-recording Mixer Andrew Tay
- Re-recording Mixer Christian Carruthers
- Supervising Sound Editor Mark Gingras
- Supervising Sound Editor John Laing
- Location Sound Effects Recordist Shreela Chakrabartty
- ADR Recordist Matthew Mckenzie
- ADR (India Recording Engineer) Rifiq
- Foley Artist Steve Bain
- Foley (Recording Engineer) Peter Persaud
Stunts
- Stunt Co-ordinator (Sri Lanka) Teddy Widyalankara
Consultant
- Hindi Translation of Dialogue Anurag Kashyap
- Animal Handler Neelawathura Wijewardena