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A widow should be long suffering until death, self restrained and chaste.
A virtuous wife who remains chaste when her husband has died goes to heaven.
A women who is unfaithful to her husband is reborn in the womb of a jackal.
The Laws of Manu, Chapter 5 verse 156-161, Dharamshastras (Sacred Hindu texts)

Set in 1938 Colonial India, against Mahatma Gandhi's rise to power, the story begins when eight-year-old Chuyia is widowed and sent to a home where Hindu widows must live in penitence. Chuyia's feisty presence affects the lives of the other residents, including a young widow, who falls for a Gandhian idealist.

Director:

Deepa Mehta [2],

Starring:

John Abraham [3], Lisa Ray [4], Rishma Malik [2], Kulbhushan Kharbanda [2], Seema Biswas [3], Raghubir Yadav [3], Vinay Pathak [2], Waheeda Rehman [2],

Screen Formats:

Widescreen

Subtitles:

English

Language and Sound:

Hindi 5.1 Dolby Digital

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