Lisa Ray Instagram – Posted @withregram • @brycesmom.310 Today’s character spotlight: Kalyani Chuyia, an 8 year old widow befriends Kalyani when she is sent to an ashram. Kalyani is a beautiful, young widow forced into prostitution by the head of the ashram. She is the only one allowed to keep her hair long, only so she can be pimped out to wealthy clients. Through Chuyia, Kalyani meets a law student who soon falls in love with her. Kalyani is desperately seeking a lover who will respect her. She sees herself as a lotus untouched by the filthy water it grows in and dares to imagine a better future. “Padma patram evam bhasa.” Water is one of the best movies I have ever seen. It deals with the unfair treatment of widows in India and the transparency of ashrams. What terrible damage can be done to the human spirit when chauvinistic religious rules are treated as sacrosanct. #DeepaMehta has done all women an immense service by making this film exposing the unfair, harsh treatment of widows and about the liberation their sisters yearn for with their hearts, minds, bodies and souls. @lisaraniray #LisaRay #LisaRaniRay #Kalyani #WaterMovie #Water #DeepaMehta #Trilogy #Widows #Ashrams #India #Film #MustWatchMovies