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Two female friends become sexual rivals at maturity.Two female friends become sexual rivals at maturity.Two female friends become sexual rivals at maturity.
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- 1 win & 1 nomination total
Achala Sachdev
- Rupa
- (as Achla Sachdev)
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A film which features stunning use of photography, rich colours and excellent locations. The film relies on the beauty of the locations rather than the characters which I found to be under-written.
The film's erotic scenes are nicely done, they are not steamy, but very enjoyable.
The screenplay is a major disappointment, the characters are underwritten, and certain sequences are thinly executed, at times, there is no depth to scenes.
I don't know how accurate 16th century is represented in this picture, but I have my suspicions!
The direction is nice, but really required a screenplay to make the film work.
The performances are good, but I didn't think they were great.
Overall, a disappointing screenplay, which never gives depth to the characters. A bit pretentious!
The film's erotic scenes are nicely done, they are not steamy, but very enjoyable.
The screenplay is a major disappointment, the characters are underwritten, and certain sequences are thinly executed, at times, there is no depth to scenes.
I don't know how accurate 16th century is represented in this picture, but I have my suspicions!
The direction is nice, but really required a screenplay to make the film work.
The performances are good, but I didn't think they were great.
Overall, a disappointing screenplay, which never gives depth to the characters. A bit pretentious!
- darth_sidious
- Feb 11, 2001
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- TriviaIn order to film in India, the production had to use a fake title "Tara and Maya." Indian authorities would not have permitted the film to be made there had they known its true title and content.
- GoofsThe story of this film is set in the sixteenth century. Young Maya is running through red chili pepper drying in the sun on the palace grounds. Chillies didn't reach Indian cuisine until the seventeenth century.
- Alternate versionsThe director Mira Nair suffered approximately 2 years bringing the film from censorship to lawsuits, and to the highest court due to the film's sexual content, the C.B.F.C. (Central Board of Film Certification) banned the film before being passed with an 'A' (18+) certificate in 1997 with small cuts to nudity made and all sex scenes reduced. After cuts were made to the English-language version, all Indian dubbed versions have this cut version, and no further cuts were made. The film was released theatrically in India in February 1998. It remains cut in India, but uncut worldwide.
- SoundtracksWinter in Austria, Theme and Variations
Written and Performed by L. Subramaniam
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- Also known as
- Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
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- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,109,095
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $53,499
- Mar 2, 1997
- Gross worldwide
- $4,109,095
- Runtime1 hour 57 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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