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Fire (1996)

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Reviews Counted:21

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Average Rating:6.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: Sita and Radha are young Indian women whose husbands choose celibacy or mistresses over their wives. The two women become friends and grow closer together, forming a forbidden but liberating... Sita and Radha are young Indian women whose husbands choose celibacy or mistresses over their wives. The two women become friends and grow closer together, forming a forbidden but liberating relationship. A lush, passionate story of emancipation and love, in a closed society. Major controversy led this movie to be widely attacked and banned in India. [More]

Starring: Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das, Kulbushan Kharbanda, Jaaved Jaaferi

Starring: Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das, Kulbushan Kharbanda, Jaaved Jaaferi, Ranjist Chowdry, Kushal Rekhi

Director: Deepa Mehta

Director: Deepa Mehta
Producer: Bobby Bedi, Deepa Mehta

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The film has a seductive resonance.

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Roger Ebert
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In its quiet way, Fire packs an emotional wallop.

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Shlomo Schwartzberg
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Boxoffice Magazine

Mehta's larger goal -- demystifying India -- is powerfully, unsettlingly realized.

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A plea for women's self-determination that, for all its good intentions, will probably strike viewers in this country as a bit obvious.

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