Looks like the formerly banned Water will finally be available for viewing by people in India. Only after getting the Oscar nomination, of course!
-Sumita Sheth

India to show controversial film
By Monica Chadha

An Oscar-nominated film based on the plight of Hindu widows is to be released in India seven years after it created huge controversy.
Director Deepa Mehta, an Indian-born Canadian citizen, was forced by Hindu fundamentalists to stop shooting the movie, Water, in the town of Varanasi.
She had to re-shoot it with a brand new cast in Sri Lanka.
The film, Canada's entry to the Oscars for the Best Foreign Film category, has made it to the final five films.
That was in contrast to India's nomination, the Bollywood film Rang De Basanti (Colour Me Saffron), which was not in the last five.

Trouble
Water is being distributed by BR Films in India, and its Business Director, Sanjay Bhutiani, told the BBC they had signed a deal with the makers of the movie at least five months before it was nominated for an Oscar.
"One of the main actors in Water, John Abraham was working with our chief, Ravi Chopra on a project and he suggested that Mr Chopra watch the film and see what he thought of it," Mr Bhutiani said.
"We had a private screening of the film, loved it and immediately decided to bring it to India. "We've scheduled for the film to hit the theatres in March because we wanted to have a proper music release function and we are still waiting for the negatives to arrive here."
Mr Bhutiani said he did not expect any trouble or controversy around its release.
"When we saw the film, we saw nothing controversial in it. It is an Indian story which has been beautifully told," he said.

Read the entire piece courtesy the BBC