Water
Sep 08 2005
•2h 55m
•Drama, Romance
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.
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Lisa Ray
Kalyani
Sarala
Chuyia
John Abraham
Narayan
Seema Biswas
Shakuntala
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