Canadian film directed and written by Deepa Mehta and was the official Oscar entry from Canada.It is set in 1938 and explores the lives of widows at an ashram in Varanasi, India. The film is also the third part of a linked trilogy by Mehta, preceded by Fire (1996) and Earth (1998).
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Awards
Winner:
2006, Genie Award for Best Actress, Seema Biswas[3]
2006, Genie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography, Giles Nuttgens
2006, Genie Award for Best Original Score, Mychael Danna
2006, Golden Kinnaree Award at Bangkok International Film Festival for Best Film[4]
2006, The Silver Mirror Award at Festival Films from the South in Oslo (Film fra sør) for Best Film.
Nominated:
2007: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (making it Canada's first non-French Canadian film to receive a nomination in that category).
Details
Directed by Deepa Mehta
Produced by David Hamilton
Written by Deepa Mehta
Starring Seema Biswas
Lisa Ray
John Abraham
Sarala Kariyawasam
Manorama
Music by A. R. Rahman
Mychael Danna
Cinematography Giles Nuttgens
Editing by Colin Monie
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