Fire
1996·India·104 min.
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In New Delhi, Sita, a beautiful and intelligent young woman embarks on an arranged, loveless marriage to a faithless husband, Jatin. The extended family, owners of a video store, live together according to custom. Family tensions escalate. Radha, Sita's sister-in-law, is unable to conceive; her disappointed husband Ashok (Sita's husband's brother) has taken a vow of celibacy, acquired a swami and is often gone. Eventually Jita and Radha develop a physical relationship which is far more emotionally sustaining than they have found with their husbands.
DirectorDeepa Mehta
ScreenwriterDeepa Mehta
MusicA.R. Rahman
CinematographyGiles Nuttgens
CastShabana Azmi·Kulbhushan Kharbanda·Nandita Das·Ranjit Chowdhry·Avijit Dutt·Karishma Jhalani·Kushal Rekhi·Jaaved Jaaferi·Ramanjeet Kaur·Meher Chand·Dilip Mehta·Vinay Pathak·Ram Gopal Bajaj·Alice PoonShow all
Original titleFire