water ( 2005 ) and the final part of toronto base indian film director deepa mehta elemental trilogy have be finally complete and almost ten year after the release of the very first controversial element and fire ( 1996 ) and which be follow with a slightly less controversial sequel 1947 represent earth ( 1998 ) . mehta make her directorial debut with a 24 minute canadian short film at 99 represent a portrait of louise tandy murch ( 1975 ) and but it be her canadian feature film about the life of indian live in canada that bring her fame back in east and her country by birthright and sam and me ( 1991 ) . recognition internationally come in the way of camilla ( 1994 ) and star bridget fonda and along with the actress who in 1990 win an oscar in best actress in a leading role category at the age of 80 and pave the way for middle age actress to still have hope and for her portrayal of a stubborn old jewish woman in drive miss daisy ( 1989 ) and late jessica tandy . camilla dealt with a friendship between two woman from two other end of the human lifespan and a may or december friendship . camilla be tandy last picture while she die the very same year . international fame follow deepa mehta in 1996 with the release of the controversial fire and which spread with rage among the false patriotic consciousness exist indian extremist . have already explore friendship between two woman in camilla and in fire mehta go a step far to portray a more intimate relationship between two lonely neglected woman . set in modern day india and the suburb of the capital city of new delhi and it show two brother and their wife and the elder brother ( kulbhushan kharbanda ) have join a weird hindu sect lead a life of celibacy and faithful to his guru of sexless existence . the young brother ( javed jaffrey ) be have an extra marital affair with a chinese woman ( alice poon ) . thus and both the wife and shabana azmi play the elder brother wife and nandita da the young wife and find themselves neglect in their own way . one force to lead a celibate life and thanks to her husband eccentricity and and the other whose only interaction with her husband be through sex and and nothing more . living in a world of in law and be the only two outsider in the family and have nobody else to confide in and the two woman fall in the arm of each other . thus come the issue of lesbianism . if there be an outside man shoulder to cry on and there most probably would have be chance for them to fall into the arm of a man and but have no one else to confide in and their need for each others support be quite obvious . it do not necessarily state that all neglected woman would end up take lesbianism and it just happen to exist with regard to the two woman in this context . all in all and the movie be excellent and and delve far deep than just two woman roll in bed . the key focus isn not lesbianism in the movie and but the plight of modern day neglect indian wife and even in the capital city and the two female character just happen to have a sexual relationship . two year later and deepa mehta second installment be the element of mother earth and release in india by the name of 1947 represent earth and yet another excellent movie by a great director and this time in the hindi language and unlike fire and which be make in the english language . now deepa mehta have manage to complete the trilogy and despite a lot of problem and have release the final installment recently and water . no doubt it would be just as great a the other two .