Cast:
Lisa Ray, John Abraham, Seema Biswas, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Rishma Malik
Director:
Deepa Mehta
Genre:
Drama, Romantic
Play time:
01:56:49
Synopsis:
“It combines a humanist message, political courage and visual poetry in a way not seen since the death of Satyajit Ray. It is the finest Indian film for a generation” (The Economist). Deepa Mehta’s brave exploration of India’s storied past continues in her tale of a young Hindu girl whose life is suddenly
changed by the traditions of her religion. The third film in her Elemental Trilogy – FIRE and EARTH precede it – It is set against the epic backdrop of the River Ganges during Gandhi’s rise to prominence. Delving into Indian society of the Thirties,
Mehta has made an inspirational film about a girl who refuses to accept her fate and struggles against religious
customs that turn her into a prisoner without a future. It is told with a stoic sense of outrage that becomes a growing spirit of possibility and potential;
it is Mehta’s richest and most complex film to date.