It is not as if no film had been made in India on socially-sanctioned cruelty to child widows. I recall a Kannada film - Phaniyamma - made over two decades ago that handled the plight of our women in such circumstances, with sympathy and sensitivity. The film, themed on widow remarriage, and daring for its time, was based on a book by M K Indira ...More...
Friday 2 February 2007
Deepa Mehta's Water : A washout
It is not as if no film had been made in India on socially-sanctioned cruelty to child widows. I recall a Kannada film - Phaniyamma - made over two decades ago that handled the plight of our women in such circumstances, with sympathy and sensitivity. The film, themed on widow remarriage, and daring for its time, was based on a book by M K Indira ...More...
