Meera Nair Holds The Water. Review on Water

I was always excited about water . but got a chance to see that only now.

The movie starts with gripping shots of a child . who has just been widowed( thanks to child marriages in those days. you feel ashamed of a system; which was thriving on abusing people at will, just because of their origin). The poor girl is oblivious of what has happended to her life with none of her fault. The father has been shown emotionless about her daughter( may be I felt that way).

So, the young widow( if that is the right word) is dumped into a Vidhawa Ashram . and all of a sudden her life changes.

The story goes on depicting how the girl deals with her changed circumstances and builts up on interrelationship of various inmates and their interactions with the outer world. It touches the rehabilitaion issue just on the surface with a budding attraction in between a high society young man( played by John Abraham) and a young widow( played by Liza Rey). But unfortunatley, when you start expecting more . the film ends.

It goes into the genre of Madur Bhandarkar types of films, where the director is successful in showing innermost details of a real world . but has nothing to say himself. So the ends are like a documentry film.

Performances has been very good. The child artist has been brilliant. Liza Rey has looked beautiful and fit for the purpose. John has done the job. No body was undercast or overcast really( Kudos  to Madam Nair).

Cinamatography has been excellent, with camera picking up great shades of human life. Use of  lights has been very good. Sets have been good. In fact most of the time, my friend debated that this movie can not be shot in Canada. It looked so real.

Direction has been smooth and with a flow of narration.

Overall a good product, where every thing is right . but you do not feel the punch. Probably, that is why Madam Nair missed the Oscars.

Better luck next time though!