Glass More than Half Full for Water

What a journey. Seven years after being burned in effigy, "Water" director Deepa Mehta strolled the red carpet in Toronto last Thursday as industryites raised a glass in honor of "Water's" Oscar nom for best foreign language film.

"The fact that this film even got made is testament to Deepa's passion," said Hussain Amarshi, the film's Canadian distributor. 

Famously, protestors in India destroyed the "Water" set in 2000 and forced the filmmakers to scrap the project, which was later revived and shot in Sri Lanka with a pseudonym and an "anti-publicist" mantra.

Also at the shindig at a Toronto nightclub, "Water" producer David Hamilton and star Ronica Sajanani, TIFF co-director Noah Cowan, Cineplex Entertainment helmer Ellis Jacob and CBS Television topper Richard Stursberg. (T. Tillson)