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Deepa Mehta feels like a prodigal son
Saturday,
February
17,
2007
UNI:
Noted
film
maker
Deepa
Mehta
said
she
has
no
bitterness
for
India,
where
the
shooting
of
her
film
Water,
on
the
plight
of
widows
in
Varanasi,
was
disrupted
five
years
ago
and
which
is
now
the
Oscar
finalist
from
Canada
in
the
Best
Foreign
Language
category.
Addressing a press conference here after the music release of the film, Deepa said she felt like a 'prodigal son' who had been sent away and returned with the release of Water, due here on March nine.
The Canada-based filmmaker said India was the country of her birth and she had no bitterness about her shooting experiences here.
''It was only a handful of people who had problem. The experience of shooting Water in Varanasi, five years ago, has completely changed me. After the five year hiatus, I grew up as a film maker, beginning with a clean slate. The script is the same and only location and cast are different,''she said, adding that the new Water contained more cinematic details than the previous one.
Deepa said Water was titled 'Rivermoon' during the shooting schedule in Sri Lanka to avoid any attention. ''It was the most peaceful shoot,''she said.
She said a film maker embarks on making a movie only when he/she feels passionately about the subject.
''There was a feeling of sadness within me that Indians will never get to see the movie set during 1938, which is now a canadian entry in the Foreign Film Category for the Oscars,'' the film maker said.
Mr Chopra, who was present at the press conference, said he was aware of the controversy the film had generated during its shooting stint in India. ''I am both, responsible Indian and Hindu. The film does not hurt anybody's sentiments,'' he added.
He said he will release Water with 80 to 100 prints.
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