Water (2005)

Synopsis

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Shakuntala

      Seema Biswas

    • Kalyani

      Lisa Ray

    • Narayan

      John Abraham

    • Chuyia

      Sarala

    • Madhumati

      Manorma

    • Patiraji

      Javalgekar, Dr Vidula

    • Gulabi

      Raghuvir Yadav

    • Sadananda

      Kharbanda, Kulbushan

    • Rabindra

      Vinay Pathak

    • Seth Dwarkanath

      Gerson da Cunha

    • Kunti

      Ronica Sajnani

    • Gyanvati

      Meera Biswas

    • Narayan's mother

      Waheeda Rehman

    • Baba

      Buddhi Wickrama

    • Chuyia's husband

      Rinsly Weerarathne

    • mother-in-law

      Serasinghe, Iranganee

    • barber

      Hermantha Gamage

    • Snehlata

      Rishma Malik

    • woman bather

      Sanoja Bibile

    • upset woman

      Ahluwalia Tewari, Dolly

    • Saduram

      Daya Alwis

    • priest

      Delon Weerasinghe

    • Bahu-Rani

      Seema

    • little girl

      Francisca Mudannayake

    • vendor

      Dedhia, Mulchand

    • young Patiraji

      Isuru Navodya

    • Patiraji's groom

      Niroshan Wijesinghe

    • young Gandhi follower

      Vasant Nath

    • Gandhi

      Mohan Jhangiani

    • Gandhi's voice

      Zul Vilani

    • the widows

      Kumari Dissanayake

    • the widows

      S. Thevanamma

    • the widows

      Seelawathie Silva

    • the widows

      Siththi Ummah

    • the widows

      Fowzie Inaya

    • the widows

      Mala Meenachchi

    • the widows

      A.A. Premawathie

    • the widows

      Nazeema Farlya

    • the widows

      T. Mageswari

    • the widows

      H. Pathiranage

    • the widows

      S. Pooneswary

    • the widows

      S. Parameshawari

    • the widows

      M. Santhanam Mary

    • the widows

      Rajeshwari, S.

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Directed by

      Deepa Mehta

    • Assistant Director (1st)

      Dylan Gray

    • Assistant Director (2nd)

      Jack Boem

    • Assistant Director (2nd 2nd)

      Akshay Roy

    • Assistant Director (3rd - Cast)

      Avani Batra

    • Script Supervisor

      Winnifred Jong

    Production:

    • ©

      Hamilton Mehta Productions Inc.

    • Presented by

      Mongrel Media

    • Presented in association with

      Téléfilm Canada

    • Presented in association with

      Noble Nomad Pictures Ltd.

    • Presented in association with

      Echo Lake Productions

    • Produced with the participation of

      TMN - The Movie Network

    • Produced with the participation of

      Super Écran

    • Produced with the participation of

      Astral Media

    • Produced with the participation of

      The Harold Greenberg Fund

    • Produced with the participation of

      CTF - License Fee Program

    • Produced in association with

      CHUM Television

    • Produced in association with

      Movie Central

    • Produced in association with

      Corus

    • International Sales

      Celluloïd Dreams

    • Production Financing

      Royal Bank of Canada

    • Completion Bond

      Film Finances Canada

    • Executive Producer

      Mark Burton

    • Executive Producer

      Ajay Virmani

    • Executive Producer

      Doug Mankoff

    • Executive Producer

      David Hamilton

    • Produced by/A David Hamilton Production

      David Hamilton

    • Line Producer

      Claire Welland

    • Associate Producer

      Dilip Mehta

    • Associate Producer

      Marek Posival

    • Unit Production Manager

      Lylie Almeida

    • Production Manager

      Gina Fowler

    • Production Supervisor

      Asoka Perera

    • Production Co-ordinator

      Pearl Dunuwila

    • Production Accountant

      Janice Fowlie

    • Location Manager

      Anthony Lordon

    • Post-production Supervisor

      W. Michael Beard

    • Development Consultant

      Deepa Mehta

    Casting:

    • Casting

      Uma da Cunha

    Writing:

    • Written by

      Deepa Mehta

    Photography:

    • Director of Photography

      Giles Nuttgens

    • Steadicam Operator

      Eberhard Schedl

    • Gaffer

      Bob Davidson

    • Gaffer

      Dedhia, Mulchand

    • Key Grip

      Denham Van Gramberg

    Stills:

    • Stills Photographer

      Devyani Saltzman

    Special Effects:

    • Digital Visual Effects Created by

      Soho VFX

    • Soho VFX (Visual Effects Supervisor)

      Allan Magled

    • Special Effects Co-ordinator

      Gamini Mallawarachchi

    • Key Special Effects

      R.R.B. Alphonso

    Editing:

    • Film Editor [Original/English Versions]

      Colin Monie

    • Film Editor [English Version]

      Paul Whitehead

    • 1st Assistant Film Editor

      Paul Whitehead

    Design:

    • Production Designer

      Dilip Mehta

    • Design Consultant

      Errol Kelly

    • Art Director

      Sumant Jayakrishnan

    • Set Decorator

      Lal Harindranath

    • Prop Master

      Lionel Liyanage

    • Construction Manager

      K.D. Justin

    Costumes:

    • Costume Designer

      Dolly Ahluwallia

    • Costume Department Chief in Charge

      Yusuf

    • Chief Assistant

      Singh, Narinder

    Make-up:

    • Key Make-up

      Liz Gruszka

    • Key Hairstylist

      Noble, Reagan

    Titles:

    • Digital Opticals and Titles

      Mark Tureski

    Film processing:

    • Colour Timer

      Ricardo Olivero

    • Colour Timer

      Montreuil, Art

    • Digital Intermediate

      Cinebyte

    • Negative Cutter

      Tom Mayclim

    • Negative Cutter

      Exact Cut

    Music:

    • Music Composed by

      Mychael Danna

    • Lyrics

      Sukhwinder Singh

    • Songs Composed by

      A.R. Rahman

    • Sitar

      Anoushka Shankar

    • Bansuri

      Rakesh Chaurasia

    • Bass Bansui (Raag Khamaj)

      G.S. Sachdev

    • Santoor

      Ulhas Bhapat

    • Shehenai

      Madhu

    • Kanjiras

      Selva Ganesh

    • Pakawaj/Manjira/Tabla

      Bravani Shanker

    • Tanpura

      Mychael Danna

    • Violin Leader

      Kalyan

    • Chorus

      Febi

    • Chorus

      Feji

    • Chorus

      Ganga

    • Kol/Percussion

      Sivamani

    • Flute

      Naveen

    • Indian Rhythm

      Raja

    • Indian Rhythm

      Veda

    • Indian Rhythm

      Neelakantan

    • Indian Rhythm

      Lakshinarayan

    • Strings Conducted by

      Murthy, Srinivas

    • Strings Orchestrated by

      Murthy, Srinivas

    • String Orchestration

      Nicholas Dodd

    • Additional Music Editing

      H. Sridhar

    Choreography:

    • Choreographer

      Vikramaditya Motwane

    Sound:

    • Sound Recordist

      Sylvain Arseneault

    • Sound Recordist

      Bryan Day

    • Sound Recordist

      Lal C. Dissanayake

    • Boom Operator

      Pat Cassin

    • Re-recording Mixer

      Elius Caruso

    • Re-recording Mixer

      Andrew Tay

    • Re-recording Mixer

      Christian Carruthers

    • Supervising Sound Editor

      Mark Gingras

    • Supervising Sound Editor

      John Laing

    • Location Sound Effects Recordist

      Shreela Chakrabartty

    • ADR Recordist

      Matthew Mckenzie

    • ADR (India Recording Engineer)

      Rifiq

    • Foley Artist

      Steve Bain

    • Foley (Recording Engineer)

      Peter Persaud

    Stunts:

    • Stunt Co-ordinator (Sri Lanka)

      Teddy Widyalankara

    Consultant:

    • Hindi Translation of Dialogue

      Anurag Kashyap

    • Animal Handler

      Neelawathura Wijewardena