Yönetmen : Deepa Mehta Oyuncular : John Abraham, Lisa Ray, Seema Biswas, Waheeda Rehman, Rishma Malik Senaryo : Deepa Mehta, Anurag Kashyap Yapımcı : David Hamilton

Film, 1938 yılında, sömürge halindeki Hindistan'da Mahatma Gandi'nin yükselişi sırasında, sekiz yaşında dul kalan Chuyia'nın, dul Hindu kadınların ömürlerini geçirdikleri bir bakım yurduna gönderilmesini anlatıyor. A thesis picture. In 1938, Gandhi's party is making inroads in women's rights. Chuyia, a child already married but living with her parents, becomes a widow. By tradition, she is unceremoniously left at a bare and impoverished widows' ashram, beside the Ganges during monsoon season. The ashram's leader pimps out Kalyani, a young and beautiful widow, for household funds. Narayan, a follower of Gandhi, falls in love with her. Can she break with tradition and religious teaching to marry him? The ashram's moral center is Shakuntala, deeply religious but conflicted about her fate. Can she protect Kalyani or Chuyia? Amid all this water, is rebirth possible or does tradition drown all?