10-14-2005, 09:15 PM
Was emailed to me. Anyone know more about this movie Water by Deepa Mehta?
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Film Water by Deepa Mehta Must Be Protested;
A recently produced film Water, by Deepa Mehta, an Indian born living in Canada, is derogatory and a disgrace to India. I am certain that this film would not be allowed to be released in India, but is about to be released elsewhere. The film defames India and wrongly refers Hinduism and Hindu scriptures. Indians must protest release of this film, otherwise they soon would be back to slavery as they had been in the past to Christianity and Islam.
Five years ago, the production of Water was stopped in Banaras by Government of India with some protests from the local community. Mehta has completed the film recently in Shri Lanka (filming similar ghats and sceneries as in Bananas), in pursuit of name and fame as it is always possible by showing something anti-social.
Initially, I thought the film may have some reference to Child Widows in India, but after seeing its premiered on October 2nd at the American Natural History Museum in Washington DC, it was shocking that the whole film is nothing but a bleak and vivid story of widows in India including a child widow. The film shows ongoing of this tradition, which for sure had stopped. It also wrongfully refers to Hindu scriptures for it.
A character in the film tells a widow that the Hindu scriptures have provided three (3) alternatives, namely,
(1) renounce the world,
(2) become Sati, or
(3) marry the younger brother of died husband.
It refers Manushmriti as stating that. I read Manushmriti (and I suggest everyone who reads this article verify it too), it does not mention any such alternatives. Apart from this, none of other Hindu scriptures state such alternatives. Specially, the Sati, which started only during that period when certain Hindu Kings of Rajasthan were killed by the Islamic barbarians, the widowed queens sacrificed their lives with the Kings rather been captured by Islamic hands.
The event in which Water was premiered was a literary and film festival called SALTAF organized by NetSAP. NetSAP is an organization of young confused DESI, who in the hand of anti-Hindu elements organized many anti-Hindu activities.
The festival presented two other films and panel discussion of some Hindu Muslim writers. A documentary, Fire Dancer produced by Vishnu Mathur of Canada showed the Kathak dance of India as evolved from Gypsy dance, similar to many others, such as Belly and Flamenco.
When I questioned Mr. Mathur about the documentation of his depiction, he did not know any thing of Indian classical dances and the Bharata Natya Shashtra.
Back to Water, the film shows India 1938 and makes reference to Manushmriti as Hindu Holy Scripture. The film starts with an eight year old girl getting widowed and dragged to a Widhwa Ashram (widow center). The center is run by a crooked lady, who exploits the widows and runs the center as a brothel. The story culminates with the old lady sending the eight year old to a wealthy man for sex. The fainted girl is rescued by another widow of the center. This lady rushes the girl to a meeting held in honor of Mahatma Gandhi, shouting that Gandhi should rescue the child, but it goes unnoticed. The film ends with the girl thrown in to the moving train in which Gandhi is leaving.
After the screening of the film, during the Q&A session, I spoke to Deepa Mehta, that the film was both anti-Hinduism anti-Indian. I said that the statements made in the film were wrong. I also said that Sati happened only after the invasions of India, therefore nothing to do with Hindu scriptures.
There were about a thousand people in the audience, none of whom supported me. Mehta was rather given a heroic cheers and standing ovation for her disgusting production.
Since the film makes inaccurate and derogatory statements about the Hindu scriptures hurting feelings of all Indians, it must be protested and prevented from being released in theaters.
-xxxxx
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Film Water by Deepa Mehta Must Be Protested;
A recently produced film Water, by Deepa Mehta, an Indian born living in Canada, is derogatory and a disgrace to India. I am certain that this film would not be allowed to be released in India, but is about to be released elsewhere. The film defames India and wrongly refers Hinduism and Hindu scriptures. Indians must protest release of this film, otherwise they soon would be back to slavery as they had been in the past to Christianity and Islam.
Five years ago, the production of Water was stopped in Banaras by Government of India with some protests from the local community. Mehta has completed the film recently in Shri Lanka (filming similar ghats and sceneries as in Bananas), in pursuit of name and fame as it is always possible by showing something anti-social.
Initially, I thought the film may have some reference to Child Widows in India, but after seeing its premiered on October 2nd at the American Natural History Museum in Washington DC, it was shocking that the whole film is nothing but a bleak and vivid story of widows in India including a child widow. The film shows ongoing of this tradition, which for sure had stopped. It also wrongfully refers to Hindu scriptures for it.
A character in the film tells a widow that the Hindu scriptures have provided three (3) alternatives, namely,
(1) renounce the world,
(2) become Sati, or
(3) marry the younger brother of died husband.
It refers Manushmriti as stating that. I read Manushmriti (and I suggest everyone who reads this article verify it too), it does not mention any such alternatives. Apart from this, none of other Hindu scriptures state such alternatives. Specially, the Sati, which started only during that period when certain Hindu Kings of Rajasthan were killed by the Islamic barbarians, the widowed queens sacrificed their lives with the Kings rather been captured by Islamic hands.
The event in which Water was premiered was a literary and film festival called SALTAF organized by NetSAP. NetSAP is an organization of young confused DESI, who in the hand of anti-Hindu elements organized many anti-Hindu activities.
The festival presented two other films and panel discussion of some Hindu Muslim writers. A documentary, Fire Dancer produced by Vishnu Mathur of Canada showed the Kathak dance of India as evolved from Gypsy dance, similar to many others, such as Belly and Flamenco.
When I questioned Mr. Mathur about the documentation of his depiction, he did not know any thing of Indian classical dances and the Bharata Natya Shashtra.
Back to Water, the film shows India 1938 and makes reference to Manushmriti as Hindu Holy Scripture. The film starts with an eight year old girl getting widowed and dragged to a Widhwa Ashram (widow center). The center is run by a crooked lady, who exploits the widows and runs the center as a brothel. The story culminates with the old lady sending the eight year old to a wealthy man for sex. The fainted girl is rescued by another widow of the center. This lady rushes the girl to a meeting held in honor of Mahatma Gandhi, shouting that Gandhi should rescue the child, but it goes unnoticed. The film ends with the girl thrown in to the moving train in which Gandhi is leaving.
After the screening of the film, during the Q&A session, I spoke to Deepa Mehta, that the film was both anti-Hinduism anti-Indian. I said that the statements made in the film were wrong. I also said that Sati happened only after the invasions of India, therefore nothing to do with Hindu scriptures.
There were about a thousand people in the audience, none of whom supported me. Mehta was rather given a heroic cheers and standing ovation for her disgusting production.
Since the film makes inaccurate and derogatory statements about the Hindu scriptures hurting feelings of all Indians, it must be protested and prevented from being released in theaters.
-xxxxx
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