Filmed in Sri Lanka in 2005 ‘Water’ is a film written and directed by Deepa Mehta whose works in cinema focus on women and women’s issues in traditionalist Indian society. The subsequent aspect of this issue is how widows were forced to occupy a lowly status in Indian society as a severely oppressed segment who were seen as ill omens and practically semi-outcastes. Shakuntala however aids Kalyani to go meet Narayan, who ferries her across the river to take her to his home. Shakuntala learns of this plan but is too late to prevent the child widow from being sold as a forced sex worker. As the train departs she spots Narayan on the train and hands Chuyia over to him.

Source: Sunday Observer December 15, 2018 22:18 UTC