Deepa Mehta's 'Water' nominated for Critic's Choice Awards

Canadian director Deepa Mehta's film 'Water' has been nominated for best foreign language film for the 12th annual Critic's Choice Awards, given by the Broadcast Film Critics Association.

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Mehta's Water, a 2005 film focuses upon the difficult lives of a group of widows living in an impoverished institution for widows in India. Water won three Genie awards in Canada and has been critically applauded on the international silver screen.

Deepa Mehta graduated from Delhi University, India, with a degree in philosophy and migrated to Canada in 1973. Mehta is best known for her elements trilogy, all of which are set in India and Water is also a trilogy starring Lisa Ray and John Abraham.

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Movies competing Water for best foreign film awards are:

Mel Gibson's Apocalypto

Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima

Pedro Almodovar's Volver

Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth

The films competing for the Critics' Choice Award for best picture are:

Blood Diamond

The Departed

Babel

Letters from Iwo Jima

Dreamgirls

Little Children

The Queen

Little Miss Sunshine

Notes on a Scandal

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There are 19 categories in the Critics' Choice Awards and winners will be announced Jan. 12. This is a big success for Deepa Mehta and I wish her best of luck for her upcoming films.

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