(1996) Fire
DRAMA
Co-produced, written and directed by Deepa Mehta with two married loveless women of Rahda (Shabana Azmi) Sita (Nandita Das) seeking both comfort and compassion with one another, something they do not get from their traditional marriage spouses of Ashok (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) and Jatin (Jaaved Jaafei) all live in the same apartment complex, managing and operating a food and movie rental shop.
A rather taboo subject and controversial in India part of the reason the co-production was from Canada as much of the characters are speaking English despite taking place in India, for it states the complicated situation some of the characters are in.
Co-produced, written and directed by Deepa Mehta with two married loveless women of Rahda (Shabana Azmi) Sita (Nandita Das) seeking both comfort and compassion with one another, something they do not get from their traditional marriage spouses of Ashok (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) and Jatin (Jaaved Jaafei) all live in the same apartment complex, managing and operating a food and movie rental shop.
A rather taboo subject and controversial in India part of the reason the co-production was from Canada as much of the characters are speaking English despite taking place in India, for it states the complicated situation some of the characters are in.