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The movie Like Water for Chocolate is directed by Alfonso Arau in 1992 which is based on the novel Como Agua Para Chocolate written by Laura Esquivel. She is a Mexican author and screenplay writer. She began her profession as a screenplay writer, writing plays for the kindergarten children for whom she taught. She has also written several kids’ television programs. Her debut novel Como Agua Para chocolate has become a best-seller in Mexico and the United States, and it is later developed into a top-notch film. She has also incorporated magical realism, metaphors and symbolism to describe emotions and feelings of the characters. This adds discrete quality to both the film and the novel. The movie is artistically crammed with many symbols which put forward the theme of the fervent and influential narrative originally taken in the form of novel by Laura Esquivel. The story centres mainly on food. The symbolism of food in the movie is a depiction of hard work, the sense of feminism, responsibilities, roles, comfort, and craze.

top-notch, magical realism, metaphors, symbolism, feminism, discrete.

"EXPLORING THE EMOTIONS: THE FILMISTIC STUDY OF LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.12-17, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904L02.pdf

"EXPLORING THE EMOTIONS: THE FILMISTIC STUDY OF LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp12-17, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904L02.pdf