Fire [WorldCat Entities]

"फायर"
"Fire"
"Phāyara"

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""Banned in India, Fire is the first film to confront lesbianism in a culture adamantly denying such a love could ever exist."@en
"Young woman accepts an arranged marriage into a traditional New Delhi family, she finds postnuptial life a boring round of cooking, cleaning, and looking after people who barely seem to notice she's alive. Drawn to her equally neglected sister-in-law she falls in love for the first time,and the fallout of their affair shakes everyone around her to the core."@en
"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 and falls into the supple embrace of Radha. Banned in India, this film was the first to confront lesbianism in that country."@en
"The film is set in contemporary Delhi, India, in the household of a joint family which runs a fast-food and video business in the ground floor of their two-storey home. The protagonists are the two daughters-in-law, both of whom have joined the family by arranged marriage: Sita (Nandita Das), who is newly wed to the younger son Jatin (Javed Jaffrey); and Radha (Shabana Azmi), who has been married to the elder son Ashok (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) for 15 years. Both couples are unhappy. Jatin, who feels he has been pressured into marriage by the family, neglects Sita and continues to see his Chinese girlfriend. Ashok has chosen to become a tapasvin (an ascetic) after discovering that Radha is infertile, and has been using her to test his resolve in celibacy for 13 years. The two women turn to each other for solace and become lovers. Tipped off by a servant, Ashok discovers them in bed together. Sita leaves, while Radha, who wishes to explain matters to Ashok, promises to meet her at the Nizamuddin Dargah to start a new life together. In the confrontation that follows, Radha's sari catches fire from the kitchen stove and Ashok abandons her in flames. In the final scene, the two women are reunited."@en
"Sita est une toute jeune épouse qui croit à l'amour absolu. Mais Justin, son mari, a déjà la tête qui tourne pour une autre. Le frère de Jutin délaisse sa femme, Radha, fuit le désir et les plaisirs et trouve refuge chez un gourou. Tous vivent dans la maison familiale sous le regard sévère de la mère des deux frères, gardienne des traditions ancestrales. Révoltée, Sita refuse le silence et bouscule le fragile équilibre de la famille. Sa rébellion déteint sur Radha et les deux femmes se rapprochent progressivement [evene.fr]. Avec Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das et Karishma Jhalani."
"Two beautiful but dissatisfied contemporary Indian wives turn to each other for sexual gratification and love."@en
"Banned in India, this film was the first to confront lesbianism in that country. 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."
"Banned in India, this film was the first to confront lesbianism in that country. 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."@en
"In modern New Delhi, Sita embarks on an arranged, loveless marriage to a faithless husband, Jatin. The extended family live together according to custom. Radha, Sita's sister-in-law, is unable to conceive; her disappointed husband Ashok has taken a vow of celibacy and is often gone. Eventually Sita and Radha develop a physical relationship which is far more emotionally sustaining than those they have with their husbands."
"In this India-set Canadian drama, two disparate wives related by marriage and united at first by the oppressiveness of Indian tradition that relegates them to miserable unions, find solace and love in each other's arms. The film opens as an unhappy young couple, Jatin and Sita, fumble through a conversation. Neither wanted to marry each other, but as it was arranged by Jatin's family, they had no choice. Marriage does not stop Jatin, who owns a video store, from continuing his long-time love affair with a Chinese hairdresser. Caring nothing for Sita, he doesn't even try to hide the affair. Jatin's brother Ashok (who forced Jatin's marriage) is married to Radha. Deeply frustrated at her inability to conceive, he has joined a radical cult that forbids all sexual contact. Ashok and Jatin's demanding mother doesn't help matters nor does the family's twisted servant Mundu."@en
"Young woman accepts an arranged marriage into a traditional New Delhi family, she finds postnuptial life a boring round of cooking, cleaning, and looking after people who barely seem to notice she's alive. Drawn to her equally neglected sister-in-law she falls in love for the first time, and the fallout of their affair shakes everyone around her to the core."@en
"Ashok runs a family business that sells takeout food that also has a video rental store at the side. Jatin, at the insistence of Ashok and their mother, Biji, agrees to marry Sita in an arranged marriage, although he is actually in love with Julie, a Chinese-Indian. 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. Ashok has pledged his total devotion to a religious holy man, a swami, in order to purge his life of worldly desires and temptations. Radha, bound by her sense of duty to her husband, agrees to go along with his wishes. As you can imagine, with both husbands ignoring their spouses' emotional and sexual needs (albeit with reasons that are totally opposite from each other), it is only a matter of time before Radha and Sita look to one another for comfort and to satisfy their own passions. In this environment, it is only natural that Sita and Radha become fast friends, and, in time, much more than that. But their love is not without its share of painful obstacles."
"A desire for independence and personal expression clashes with tradition in director Deepa Mehta's love story with a twist exploring the most important family values questions of our time. When Sita arrives at the New Delhi home of Jatin her husband in an arranged marriage. She soon discovers that untold secrets and lies are simmering beneath the happy surface. But what is the real reason behind the strange tension between Jatin's brother Ashok and his duty-bound wife Radha. What part does their elderly paralysed mother Biji play in the unfolding drama? Ana why is Sita so keen to rebel against the motion of questioning devotion to one's husband? A cataclysmic event is about to turn everyone's world upside down as the harsh realities of contemporary; Indian society are put under the spotlight."
"A young woman accepts an arranged marriage into a traditional New Delhi family. She finds postnuptial life a boring round of cooking, cleaning, and looking after people who barely seem to notice she's alive. Drawn to her equally neglected sister-in-law she falls in love for the first time, and the fallout of their affair shakes everyone around her to the core."@en
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"When a young woman accepts an arranged marriage into a traditional New Delhi family, she finds postnuptial life a boring round of cooking, cleaning, and looking after people who barely seem to notice she's alive. Drawn to her equally neglected sister-in-law she falls in love for the first time,and the fallout of their affair shakes everyone around her to the core."@en
"Entre dos concuñadas, una madura y la otra joven, nace un fuerte vínculo espiritual y sexual."
"The story of two sisters-in-law living in modern New Delhi. One is trapped in a barren fifteen-year marriage, the other newly wed, in an arranged marriage, to a man who is still in love with his mistress. Eventually they develop a physical relationship far more emotionally sustaining than they have found with their husbands."@en
"Twee door hun echtgenoten verwaarloosde of genegeerde Indiase vriendinnen beginnen een lesbische verhouding."
"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 and falls into the supple embrace of Radha."@en
"Sita, un jeune fille moderne et passsionnée, croit en l'amour absolu mais l'homme qu'elle a épousé la néglige au profit de sa maîtresse. Elle se rapproche alors de Radha, sa belle-soeur, elle aussi délaissée par son mari dévot."
"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 and into the supple embrace of Radha."--Container."
"Widescreen. 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 and [falls] into the supple embrace of Radha."--Container."@en
"Banned in India, this film was the first to confront lesbianism in that country."
"Banned in India, this film was the first to confront lesbianism in that country."@en
"This drama is set in contemporary Delhi, in the household of a family which runs a fast-food and video business. The protagonists are the two daughters-in-law, both of whom have joined the family by arranged marriage: Sita, who is newly wed to the younger son Jatin; and Radha, who has been married to the elder son Ashok for 15 years. In their unhappiness the two women turn to each other for solace and become lovers."
"L'histoire de deux belles femmes, vivants sous le même toit car mariées chacune à 2 frères. Chacunes vivant une relation conjugale frustante, se retrouvent solidaires, le soutient mutuel se tranforme rapidement en passion d'où la symbolique du feu. Passion secrète et discrète jusqu'à ce que pour se venger d'une brimade le domestique dévoile l'amour qui les lient."
"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 and [falls] into the supple embrace of Radha."--Container."
"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 and [falls] into the supple embrace of Radha."--Container."@en
"Controversial drama about two women who form a close relationship."
"The first part of Mehta's Fire/Earth/Water trilogy is an unflinching study of a lesbian love affair that interweaves sexual repression, repressed desire, crumbling patriarchy and cultural transformation in contemporary India. The tensions between traditional structures and contemporary values reflects social changes occuring across the sub-continent. Radha, the driving force behind husband Ashok's New Dehli restaurant, cohabits peacefully, if at times uneasily, with her in-laws upstairs. Their barren 15 year old marriage is rent asunder by the arrival of sister-in-law Sita, a confident modern young wife who poses questions Radha would rather not face. Their husbands' complacency and neglect draws the women into a tender relationship which detonates into tragedy."@en
""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. Ashok has pledged his total devotion to a religious holy man, a swami, in order to purge his life of worldly desires and temptations. Radha, bound by her sense of duty to her husband, agrees to go along with his wishes. As you can imagine, with both husbands ignoring their spouses' emotional and sexual needs (albeit with reasons that are totally opposite from each other), it is only a matter of time before Radha and Sita look to one another for comfort and to satisfy their own passions. In this environment, it is only natural that Sita and Radha become fast friends, and, in time, much more than that. But their love is not without its share of painful obstacles". --IMDb."