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The Forgotten Woman

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The Forgotten Woman
Directed byDilip Mehta
Written byDeepa Mehta
Produced byDavid Hamilton
StarringV. Mohini Giri, Indira Jaisingh, Aishwarya Mukherjee, Usha Rai
CinematographyGiles Nuttgens
Edited byColin Monie
Release date
  • August 9, 2008 (2008-08-09)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
Hindi
Bengali

The Forgotten Woman is a 2008 Canadian documentary film directed by Dilip Mehta and written by Deepa Mehta. The film is about widows in India, and was inspired by Deepa Mehta's 2005 Academy Award-nominated film on the same subject, Water.[1][2]

The film was primarily shot in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.[3]

References

  1. ^ Nathan Lee (August 7, 2008). "Stigmatized by Society". New York Times. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
  2. ^ "Forgotten Woman (The)". Telefilm Canada. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  3. ^ "Meet the Filmmakers: Dilip Mehta--'The Forgotten Woman'". International Documentary Association. August 2008. Retrieved 2014-02-11.