Why has "Water" evaporated? The controversy over Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta. (India). From: off our backs | Date: March 1, 2002| Author: Kulla, Bridget | COPYRIGHT 2002 Off Our Backs, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Deepa Mehta's intended film trilogy is stalled. With production halted and only two of the three films completed, the future of Mehta's project remains in question. As Mehta releases a new movie, we are again reminded of the fate of her most famous endeavor. Controversy is nothing new for this Indian born filmmaker, but at last her voice has been forcefully silenced. Water, the final installment of Mehta's intended trilogy, following 1996's Fire and 1999's Earth, has literally been...