Water: Cultural Perspective

 

The film, Water, portrays the livelihood of women widows in India during that time period. Widows were not allowed to remarry because it was considered a sin, although many of them wanted to. Widows also faced poor treatment and suffering. A comment is made in the film when the older widow dies; they hoped she’d be reborn as a man. This comment demonstrates the unhappiness the women found at becoming widows and the treatment they faced because of that status. Alongside the treatment widows faced, the film also included brief scenes that focused on messages from Gandhi’s movement. These scenes demonstrated how public views on the treatment of widows were in the process of changing, including the views from the widows themselves.