The Forgotten Woman

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-08-08

Languages:

English, Hindi, Bengali

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

88 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (63 Reviews)

Director:

Dilip Mehta

Genres:

Documentary

Cast:

V. Mohini Giri Indira Jaisingh Aishwarya Mukherjee Usha Rai

Writer:

Deepa Mehta

Fullplot:

Inspired by the 2006 Academy Awardè nominee for Best Foreign Language film, "Water," this documentary tells the story of some of the 20 million Indian widows who are abandoned by their families and literally turned out into the streets when their husbands died. "Water" was a fictional recounting of this terrible tradition, set in 1938. "The Forgotten Woman" is true, and happening today.

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