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Overview
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Director:
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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Plot Keywords:
Love
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Desire
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Video Store
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Arranged Marriage
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Racism
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Awards:
6 wins
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1 nomination
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NewsDesk:
(15 articles)
"Come to My Window:" a Cross-Cultural Lesbian Experience
(From AfterEllen.com. 5 October 2009, 10:17 PM, PDT)
Nandita Das appointed chairperson of Children Film Society of India
(From BusinessofCinema. 1 August 2009, 8:36 AM, PDT)
(From AfterEllen.com. 5 October 2009, 10:17 PM, PDT)
Nandita Das appointed chairperson of Children Film Society of India
(From BusinessofCinema. 1 August 2009, 8:36 AM, PDT)
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Worthwhile foreign film, good acting
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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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Runtime:
UK:108 min | USA:104 min
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Certification:
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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References Basic Instinct (1992)
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Soundtrack:
Allah Hukh
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A fairly interesting look at some characters from India's burgeoning middle class. Although India is rapidly modernizing, her culture is not keeping up. This film involves the patriarchal society, where women are not yet truly free citizens. A land of arranged marriages, men who dally with mistresses with total impunity, and women who are expected to tolerate all this, will eventually come up short. I was impressed with Nandita Das, who was quite attractive, and played her character with total earnestness. But I was even more impressed with Shabana Azmi, who I understand is a long-time fixture of Bollywood. Her quiet beauty and low-key psychic suffering was excellent. The lesbian subtext of this film was never particularly erotic, and never titillating. (Darn!) Worth a look for those interested in vastly different cultures.