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6.8In 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.
Released: 1997-08-22108 minDir: Deepa MehtaDrama, RomanceBox office: $501,533
Cast
- Nandita Das as Sita
- Shabana Azmi as Radha
- Javed Jaffrey as Jatin
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Ashok
- Kushal Rekhi as Biji
- Ranjit Chowdhry as Mundu
Themes
- coming out
- infidelity
- husband wife relationship
- arranged marriage
- hinduism
- lesbian relationship
- male homosexuality
- india
- lgbt
- woman director
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- homosexuality
- Director
- Deepa Mehta
- Screenwriter
- Deepa Mehta
- Cast member
- Laurence Côte
- Composer
- A. R. Rahman
- Producer
- Deepa Mehta
- Cinematographer
- Giles Nuttgens
- Narrative location
- Delhi
- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 611126
- Performer
- A. R. Rahman
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- title
- फायर
- publication date
- 1997-08-21
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- different from
- Q4331176
- review score
- 89%
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