Water the first non-English or non-French-language movie to open the Toronto International Film Festival, a brilliant movie became one of the top ten movies in Canada for 2005. Deepa Mehta (Fire, 1947 Earth, Hollywood-Bollywood) has always made sensible movies, without being affected by bollywoodish musical & masala effect.
Ironically, the movie about Indian problem was banned in India, Deepa was even forbid to shoot near Ganges.