" Water " A review from my eye

I don’t know why, but I always prefer the comfort of my room over a movie hall or a multiplex when it comes to watching good meaningful movies....'water' I wanted to watch not only because its a DeepaMehta movie...but the topic it is dealing with. Thankfully, I could dig one out from the debris at my nearest CD vendor a couple of days back, and I got a chance to view it. The plight of the widows or for that matter the sufferings of a 'woman' is always a topic creating much hype and for these obvious reasons the more realism You can bring in it the better it creates a buzz, a favorite for film makers treading the non conventional path, and thus here was another film with magnificent cinematography, trying to recreate Benaras , somewhere in Srilanka.....oh yes I have to give it to the cinematographer for the beautiful imageries...but beyond that I found nothing 'new' or outstanding that will separate the film as something extra ordinary. Well its my version of course and I am only being critical from an analyst's point of view. On the whole I really feel its a wonderfully shot film....the story line drags at points and yet catches on....the scenes where the clouds enshrouds the sky is worth gaping at I feel.....surprisingly John Abraham actually 'acted'....need I say anything bout Seema Biswas, she is outstanding in her own right...but the one who surpasses them all is the child actor Sarala named chuiya in the movie....the child-widow, the reason why the film was worth a watch.....somebody I dint like at all and felt had taken away much from the movie by her 'not so good' performance was Lisa Ray...her Hindi was pretty anglicized, and though was a pretty picture she just could not bring out the suffering, the pain, the helplessness, the excruciation that the widows endured in the bygone days,

I agree it was an Oscar stuff, but it could have been better to go a step higher from Oscar nominee to Oscar winner yet its a What left me a bit unhappy was the death of the heroin at the end who sacrifices her life when she could not battle out the life's causes and The little Kid is handed over to Gandi ji to be taken care. the film ends on that note. yet, the film is worth watching for various other reasons if not for the story and performances.