Mehta's Water nominated for Oscars

Mumbai, January 23: Deepa Mehta's Water, a story about the plight of Hindu widows in 1930s whose shooting in India had to be scrapped following protests from Sangh Parivar outfits, was nominated for the Oscar Awards in the Best Foreign Film category from Canada.

The film, starring John Abraham, Lisa Ray and Seema Biswas among others, made it to the final five. Other entries in the category include Pan's Labrinth (Mexico), After The Wedding (Denmark) and German Cold War drama The Lives of Others.
"I am so thrilled with this news. This film has meant so much to me, we have seen so much, that to have it all end in such a way is best thing I could have asked for," Mehta said over phone from her residence in Canada.
The movie, which has a dominantly Indian cast, stars John Abraham, Lisa Ray, Seema Biswas and others and is the last in Mehta's triology, which include Fire and Earth.

Source : Indian express