Deepa Mehta's "Water"?

Question

-What is the message that Mehta is tryng to capture through her poignant and vivid depictions of Hindu widows?

-Why is the movie titled "Water"?

Answer 1

guess only she can answer your question

Answer 2

Relavance , if any,  of the title 'Water ', even Deepa herself wont know.

Further, Deepa is depicting the situation prevailing 150 years back. Since Indians  have stopped those practises torturing widows, no purpose can  be served by the movie, except for blackening their faces abroad.

Deepa is a m*******t evidently.