Water (April 28, 2006) Background Score: Mychael Danna Songs: A.R. Rahman Sitar: Anoushka Shankar The film examines the plight of a group of widows forced into poverty at a temple in the holy city of Varanasi. It focuses on a relationship between one of the widows, who wants to escape the social restrictions imposed on widows, and a man who is from a lower caste and a follower of Mahatma Gandhi.