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This is an archive article published on November 20, 2015
I explored women in every situation: Deepa Mehta
Deepa Mehta feels she has explored women in every untouched situation.
Filmmaker Deepa Mehta, who is known for films like “Monsoon Wedding”, “Fire”, “Water” among others, said she relates to the issues she dealt in her movies.
Be it through the gruesome domestic violence in “Heaven on Earth” or by understanding the psyche of a same sex relationship in “Fire”, Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta feels she has explored women in every untouched situation.
The filmmaker, who is known for films like “Monsoon Wedding”, “Fire”, “Water” among others, said she relates to the issues she dealt in her movies.
“I love to deal with women. I have explored them in situations which might not be known or have explored in films be it domestic violence being faced by the immigrant women in Canada.
“Domestic violence knows no boundaries, class and religion. I explored them in every possible situation where I am uncomfortable at,” Deepa said while addressing a gathering at the “Women In The World” summit here.
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