Two women who are abandoned by their husbands, find love and solace in each other.
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Title: Fire (1996)
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7 wins & 1 nomination.
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Karishma Jhalani | ... | Young Radha |
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Ramanjeet Kaur | ... | Young Radha's mother |
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Dilip Mehta | ... | Young Radha's father |
| Javed Jaffrey | ... | Jatin (as Jaaved Jaaferi) | |
| Nandita Das | ... | Sita | |
| Vinay Pathak | ... | Guide at Taj Mahal | |
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Kushal Rekhi | ... | Biji |
| Shabana Azmi | ... | Radha | |
| Ranjit Chowdhry | ... | Mundu | |
| Kulbhushan Kharbanda | ... | Ashok | |
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Alice Poon | ... | Julie |
| 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 (as Devyani Mehta Saltzman) |
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Sunil Chhabra | ... | Milkman on bicycle |
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In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn when her beautiful young sister-in-law seeks to free herself from the confines of her own loveless marriage.
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(1995)
Composed by A.R. Rahman
From the Bombay (1995) soundtrack
Available on CD & cassette from PolyGram India Ltd.
Courtesy of Mani Ratnam
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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 »Soundtracks
Bombay Theme(1995)
Composed by A.R. Rahman
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Release Date:
22 August 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Fire - Wenn die Liebe Feuer fängt See more »Edit
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Opening Weekend USA:
$14,384, 24 August 1997Gross USA:
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one of best movies ever...Fire...it is not much about sociological description of India today...it is the mind blowing use of light that never stops, never becomes...normal...even when...in this sense the movie is almost unique...both leads are of very good quality...the origin of Das as a street performer are pretty obvious...her performance is a superb "cammeo"...but the use of the light...I have look at it and looked at it, again and again...still mind blowing after ages...nothing torrid in the story...rather "pure" way of facing the subject...in a way it is sad that in the bizarre world we live today, a major art work is usually known as a gender film...Fire can stand face to face with Dryer's Jeanne D' Arc or Ichikawa's Biruma no Tategoto or some of the major Kurosawa movies, just to name "some". Wish my input could help a little this movie to its deserved way to fame.