---
title: 'Water (2005)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Deepa Mehta'
released: '2005-09-08'
runtime_minutes: 114
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'India'
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/water-2005'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240200/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Water (2005)

2005 · 114 min · Drama, Romance · India, Canada

Part of: Elements trilogy

## Synopsis

Water is a 2005 drama film written and directed by Deepa Mehta, with screenplay by Anurag Kashyap. It is set in 1938 and explores the lives of widows at an ashram in India. The film is also the third and final installment of Mehta's Elements trilogy. It was preceded by Fire (1996) and Earth (1998). Author Bapsi Sidhwa wrote the 2006 novel based upon the film, Water: A Novel, published by Milkweed Press. Sidhwa's earlier novel, Cracking India was the basis for Earth, the second film in the trilogy.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Deepa Mehta](https://cinepixo.com/people/deepa-mehta)
- **Screenplay:** [Deepa Mehta](https://cinepixo.com/people/deepa-mehta), [Anurag Kashyap](https://cinepixo.com/people/anurag-kashyap)
- **Original Music Composer:** [A. R. Rahman](https://cinepixo.com/people/a-r-rahman)
- **Producer:** [David Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hamilton-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Giles Nuttgens](https://cinepixo.com/people/giles-nuttgens)
- **Editor:** [Colin Monie](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-monie)

## Cast

- [Waheeda Rehman](https://cinepixo.com/people/waheeda-rehman)
- [Lisa Ray](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisa-ray)
- [Gerson da Cunha](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerson-da-cunha)
- [Manorama](https://cinepixo.com/people/manorama)
- [Sarala Kariyawasam](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarala-kariyawasam)
- [Dolly Ahluwalia](https://cinepixo.com/people/dolly-ahluwalia)
- [Seema Biswas](https://cinepixo.com/people/seema-biswas)
- [Deepa Mehta](https://cinepixo.com/people/deepa-mehta)
- [Kulbhushan Kharbanda](https://cinepixo.com/people/kulbhushan-kharbanda)
- [Raghubir Yadav](https://cinepixo.com/people/raghubir-yadav)
- [Zul Vilani](https://cinepixo.com/people/zul-vilani)
- [Iranganie Serasinghe](https://cinepixo.com/people/iranganie-serasinghe)
- [Mohan Jhangiani](https://cinepixo.com/people/mohan-jhangiani)
- [John Abraham](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-abraham-2)
- [Vinay Pathak](https://cinepixo.com/people/vinay-pathak)

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