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Fire

Play trailer Poster for Fire 1996,  1h 44m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 88% 25 Reviews Tomatometer 81% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
88% Tomatometer 25 Reviews 81% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
Sita and Radha are two Indian women stuck in loveless marriages. While Sita is trapped in an arranged relationship with her cruel and unfaithful husband, Jatin, Radha is married to his brother, Ashok, a religious zealot who believes in suppressing desire. As the two women recognize their similar situations, they grow closer, and their relationship becomes far more involved than either of them could have anticipated.
Fire

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Critics Consensus

Fire takes a slow-burning approach to its exploration of illicit love, trading overwhelming heat for a seductive warmth that lingers.

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Xan Brooks Independent (UK) Mar 29, 2019
Strong ensemble playing riffs nicely off [writer and director Deepa] Mehta's taboo- bucking script. Go to Full Review
Rachel Malik Sight & Sound Mar 5, 2002
One of the most powerful achievements of Fire is to represent a form of desire which is not an escape, but a political challenge. Go to Full Review
Tom Keogh Film.com Jan 1, 2000
Mehta's larger goal -- demystifying India -- is powerfully, unsettlingly realized. Go to Full Review
Guinevere Turner The Advocate Jun 1, 2022
Funny, poignant, and sensual, Fire is a beautiful, painful experience. Go to Full Review
Judith M. Redding Curve May 24, 2022
Beautiful cinematography makes Fire a delight for the eye, and the film's political messages will really make you think. Go to Full Review
Nisha Mehta Sojourner Aug 14, 2019
The plot is tender, absorbing, and rich with a very South Asian brand of understated humor and a message that ultimately transcends culture. Go to Full Review
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Deepa Mehta

Director

Shabana Azmi

Radha

Nandita Das

Sita

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Ashok

Jaaved Jaafei

Jatin

Ranjit Chowdhry

Mundu

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Fire

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Movie Info

Synopsis Sita and Radha are two Indian women stuck in loveless marriages. While Sita is trapped in an arranged relationship with her cruel and unfaithful husband, Jatin, Radha is married to his brother, Ashok, a religious zealot who believes in suppressing desire. As the two women recognize their similar situations, they grow closer, and their relationship becomes far more involved than either of them could have anticipated.
Director
Deepa Mehta
Producer
Deepa Mehta, Bobby Bedi
Screenwriter
Deepa Mehta
Production Co
Kaleidoscope Entertainment, Trial by Fire Films Inc.
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Hindi
Box Office (Gross USA)
$555.9K
Runtime
1h 44m
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