Fire (IN/CA 1996; 108') . . .
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Style: Drama
Director: Deepa Mehta
Main Cast: Shabana Azmi (Radha), Nandita Das (Sita), Kulbhushan Kharbanda (Ashok)
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.
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