Bollywood Rumors > Deepa Mehta’s ‘Water’ is Canada’s official Oscar entry

[ Bollywood news, movie reviews and hot gossips.] Canada based Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta’s controversial “Water” has been selected as the official Canadian entry for the Oscars in the best foreign language film category.

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[Feministing.com] Feministing: Into this milieu now comes the director Deepa Mehta with "Water," a lush new film that opened on Friday, about Chuyia, an 8-year-old widow in the India of 1938. She has barely met her husband but is banished by her parents to a decrepit widows' house on the edge of the Ganges.

[:::The Desi Flavor:::] Bollywood News: : Bollywood crazy Poles heading to India – “There is an increasing craze among Polish youngsters for Indian films and songs, which can be seen and heard on television and radio.

http://bqureshi.blogspot.com [Blog-e-Bilal] Meet Virginia: I wanted it to be the next great Indian crossover film but while it will receive acclaim from those moved by its exoticism and social consciousness, there have been far superior films on the stifling effects of tradition on South Asian women (Sabiha Sumar’s subtle masterpiece Khamosh Pani is a prime example). It seems Mehta is receiving standing ovations and glowing reviews because of the history and politics of Water but these reviews seem to be missing what actually appears on screen.I drove to Charlottesville on Sunday morning for the final home basketball game in University Hall before a glittering new arena replaces the decades’ old building next season.

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