Summary
In 1938, Mahatma Gandhi's groundbreaking philosophies sweep across India, but 8-year-old Chuyia, newly widowed, must go reside with other outcast widows on an ashram. Her presence transforms the ashram as she befriends two of her compatriots.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 84Audiences 80GoodWatch 80
Tomatometer90%
Metascore77
Audience score90%
IMDb7.7
User score7.3
Running time
1 h 55 min
A typical length for dramas, +6 min on the typical 109
typical 109115Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 5 more
Released
2005
November 4, 2005
21 years ago
Genres
DramaRomanceLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
HindiMade in
- Canada
India
Academy Awards2007
- International Feature Film2007Nominated
- Foreign Language Film2007Nominated
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 12 more27 people
- Seema BiswasShakuntala
- Lisa RayKalyani
- John AbrahamNarayan
- SSaralaChuyia
- ManoramaMadhumati
- Vidula Javalgekar'Auntie' Patiraji
- Raghubir YadavGulabi
- Kulbhushan KharbandaSadananda
- Vinay PathakRabindra
- GDGerson Da CunhaSeth Dwarkanath
Rishma Malik ScottSnehalata
Ronica SajnaniKunti- MBMeera BiswasGyanvati
Waheeda RehmanBhagavati, Narayan's Mother- BWBuddhi WickramaBaba
- RWRinsly WeerarathneChuyia's Husband
Iranganie SerasingheMother-in-Law- SBSanoja BibileWoman Bather
Dolly AhluwaliaUpset Woman
Daya AlwisSaduram- DWDelon WeerasinghePriest
- FMFrancisca MudannayakeLittle Girl
- MDMulchand DedhiaVendor
Niroshan WijesinghePatiraji's Groom
Directing · 2
- Deepa Mehta Director, Screenplay
- Jack Boem Second Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Anurag Kashyap Dialogue
Production · 6
- Doug Mankoff Executive Producer
- Mark Burton Executive Producer
- Ajay Virmani Executive Producer
- David Hamilton Producer
- Uma Da Cunha Casting
- Dilip Mehta Associate Producer
Camera · 1
- Giles Nuttgens Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Colin Monie Editor
Sound · 4
- A.R. Rahman Original Music Composer
- Mychael Danna Original Music Composer
- Andrew Tay Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Steve Baine Foley
Art · 3
- Lal Harindranath Set Decoration
- Sumant Jayakrishnan Art Direction
- Rumana Hamied Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Dolly Ahluwalia Costume Design
- Hermantha Gamage Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 1
- Rebecca Adams VFX Production Coordinator
Other crew · 1
- Teddy Vidyalankara Stunt Coordinator
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