Fire

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

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Crime Drama Romance

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.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

6.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 7 wins & 1 nomination total

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Trailer 1:47

Fire (1996)

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Trivia
Deepa Mehta after being inspired by Nandita Das in the film.She signed her for Earth 1947.(1999).

Quotes
Sita: Isn't it amazing? We're so bound by customs and rituals. Somebody just has to press my button, this button marked Tradition, and I start responding like a trained monkey. Do I shock you?
Radha: Yes.
Sita: You're lovely.

Connections
Featured in The Movie Show: Episode dated 13 August 1997 (1997)

Soundtracks
Bombay 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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Featured review

9/10

Wonderfully tender treatment of sensitive subject matter

This film powerfully demonstrates the struggle of two women in love in a culture so deeply entrenched in ritual and tradition. All this against a backdrop of an India which itself is struggling for freedom from these same values. This film is both political and personal and never too preachy or idealistic on either front. It is easy to see why "Fire" has caused riots in India, but tragic nonetheless. A true film such as this one deserves to be seen by all people of the world, not just privileged westerners.