Fire

Fire

1997 · 108 min · EN · 6.6 (58 votes)
Dir. Deepa Mehta · Starring Nandita Das, Shabana Azmi, Javed Jaffrey, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Kushal Rekhi, Ranjit Chowdhry · Music A.R. Rahman

Beneath the surface lies a burning secret.

DramaRomance

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.

VIBE

A deeply felt, visually lush exploration of repressed desires and the quiet rebellion against suffocating traditions. It's a film that lingers, evoking a sense of humid, unspoken longing and the slow bloom of forbidden connection.

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