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Fire (1996)
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Ratings: 7.1/10 from 3,052 users
Metascore:
64/100
Reviews: 55 user | 35 critic | 14 from Metacritic.com Ashok runs a family business that sells takeout food that also has a video rental store at the side... See full summary » Director:Deepa MehtaWriter:Deepa Mehta |
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Ramanjeet Kaur | ... |
Young Radha's mother
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Dilip Mehta | ... |
Young Radha's father
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Javed Jaffrey | ... |
Jatin
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Vinay Pathak | ... |
Guide at Taj Mahal
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Kushal Rekhi | ... |
Biji
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Ranjit Chowdhry | ... |
Mundu
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Ashok
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Alice Poon | ... |
Julie
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Ram Gopal Bajaj | ... |
Swamiji
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Ravinder Happy | ... |
Oily man in video shop
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Devyani Saltzman | ... |
Girl in video shop
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Sunil Chabra | ... |
Milkman on bicycle
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Storyline
Ashok runs a family business that sells takeout food that also has a video rental store at the side. Ashok's extended family includes his wife Radha, his brother Jatin, their ailing mother Biji and their manservant Mundu, all living under the same roof. Jatin, at the insistence of Ashok and their mother, Biji, agrees to marry the beautiful Sita in an arranged marriage, although he is actually in love with Julie, a Chinese-Indian. At first glance, you see a happy middle-class family going through the normal paces of everyday life. However, as the layers are slowly peeled back, we find a simmering cauldron of discontent within the family, with almost every family member living a lie. Both marriages in the family turn out to be emotionally empty, without love or passion. While Ashok is an ascetic who has taken a vow of celibacy, Jatin is a handsome ladies' man who is still openly seeing Julie even after his marriage to Sita... Written by Hariharan
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Fire - Wenn die Liebe Feuer fängt See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$14,384 (USA) (24 August 1997) (1 Screen)Gross:
$402,749 (USA) (12 October 1997)Company Credits
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(1995)
Composed by A.R. Rahman
From the Bombay soundtrack
Available on CD & cassette from PolyGram India Ltd.
Courtesy of Mani Ratnam See more »
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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. See more »Quotes
Jatin: [to Mundu] Agra is not only famous for the Taj Mahal. It's also famous for it's lunatic asylum. Maybe that's where you'll end up.See more »
Soundtracks
"Bombay Theme"(1995)
Composed by A.R. Rahman
From the Bombay soundtrack
Available on CD & cassette from PolyGram India Ltd.
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