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7.1/10
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Two women who are abandoned by their husbands find love and solace in each other.Two women who are abandoned by their husbands find love and solace in each other.Two women who are abandoned by their husbands find love and solace in each other.
- Awards
- 7 wins & 1 nomination
Jaaved Jaaferi
- Jatin
- (as Javed Jaffrey)
Devyani Saltzman
- Girl in video shop
- (as Devyani Mehta Saltzman)
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- TriviaIn one scene, Sita says to Radha that now she has visited New Delhi, she wants to visit Bombay (Mumbai). Radha asks, "To join the movies?". Mumbai is the center of Bollywood films in India.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Movie Show: Episode dated 13 August 1997 (1997)
- SoundtracksBombay Theme
(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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A Sensitive Love Story of Two Women Living In a Repressive Society
In the contemporary India, Jatin (Jaaved Jaaferi) is a man in love with the Chinese Julie (Alice Poon), who does not want to get married and become a housewife, since she intends to move to Hong Kong and become an actress. Due to the pressure of his family asking for a baby, Jatin decides to get married with the virgin Sita (Nandita Das) in a arranged marriage. Sita moves to the house of Jatin's family, where live on the second floor the matriarch Biji (Kushal Rekhi), the servant Mundu (Ranjit Chowdhry) and the unfertile Radha (Shabana Azmi) and her husband Ashok (Kulbhushan Kharbanda). On the first floor, they run a small business of video rental and food. Ashok opted for the celibate, since in his opinion, sex would be only for procreation and never for lust or desire. Both women are neglected by their husbands, and their loneliness turns into a lesbian relationship. I do not know much about Indian society, but I found this movie a sensitive and delicate love story of two needy women, born and raised in a repressive and male society. The story is never vulgar or erotic, and it is very easy to understand their attraction. The beauty of Nandita Das is very impressive. The direction and the performance of the cast is outstanding. Another excellent example of the Indian cinema. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): 'Fogo e Desejo' ('Fire and Desire')
Title (Brazil): 'Fogo e Desejo' ('Fire and Desire')
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $402,749
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,384
- Aug 24, 1997
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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