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Writer:
Deepa Mehta (written by)
Release Date:
22 August 1997 (USA)
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Plot:
Ashok runs a family business that sells takeout food that also has a video rental store at the side...
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Exquisite use of mythology
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Karishma Jhalani | ... | Young Radha | |
| Ramanjeet Kaur | ... | Young Radha's mother | |
| Dilip Mehta | ... | Young Radha's father | |
| Javed Jaffrey | ... | Jatin (as Jaaved Jaaferi) | |
| Nandita Das | ... | Sita | |
| Vinay Pathak | ... | Guide at Taj Mahal | |
| Kushal Rekhi | ... | Biji | |
| Shabana Azmi | ... | Radha | |
| Ranjit Chowdhry | ... | Mundu | |
| Kulbhushan Kharbanda | ... | Ashok | |
| Alice Poon | ... | Julie | |
| Ram Gopal Bajaj | ... | Swamiji | |
| Ravinder Happy | ... | Oily man in video shop | |
| Devyani Saltzman | ... | Girl in video shop (as Devyani Mehta Saltzman) | |
| Sunil Chabra | ... | Milkman on bicycle (as Sunil Chhabra) |
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UK:108 min | USA:104 min
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Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:14A (Manitoba) (re-rating) (2005) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) (original rating) |
Malaysia:(Banned) |
Iceland:L |
USA:PG-13 |
India:A |
France:U |
Portugal:M/16 |
Singapore:Unrated |
South Korea:18 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:Btl |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
USA:Unrated |
India:(Banned) |
Germany:12
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On its opening day in India, some movie theaters were attacked by Hindu fundamentalists, and the movie was eventually banned for religious insensitivity. The film was banned in Pakistan for the lesbian relationship that the movie plays around.
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It's worth boning up on the Hindu pantheon before watching this film. Three main female deities -- wise Sita, nurturing Lakshmi and Kali the Transformer -- as well as three main male deities -- grave Rama, playful Krishna and Shiva the Ender -- are all alluded to. Knowing the folklore as surely every Indian member of an audience does lends a richness to the telling of the present-day story. In fact, one folktale is enacted first on stage, as part of a lesson in spirituality, and then in the movie's "real life." "Fire" speaks out against the misogyny and homophobia in the society to which its producers are native, and it does so with a beauty that weaves the message into multiple levels of the viewer's awareness, making it a deeply satisfying presentation. This is the finest film i've seen in the past ten years; very highly recommended!