Film flashback: ‘Fire’ was the first Indian film to bring women in love out of the shadows
Film flashback: ‘Fire’ was the first Indian film to bring women in love out of the shadows
Feb 3, 2019
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Nandita Das and Shabana Azmi in writer/director Deepa Mehta’s 1996 film FIRE. FIRE takes place in India and follows two women, Sita (Das) and Radha (Azmi), who are stuck in loveless marriages and develop a strong friendship in the absence of their husbands – a romantic love grows from their friendship and shared experience. The film was one of the first in India to explore female same-sex relationships on screen. FIRE was uncut by the film certification board when it premiered in India in 1998 a
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Nandita Das and Shabana Azmi in writer/director Deepa Mehta’s 1996 film FIRE. FIRE takes place in India and follows two women, Sita (Das) and Radha (Azmi), who are stuck in loveless marriages and develop a strong friendship in the absence of their husbands – a romantic love grows from their friendship and shared experience. The film was one of the first in India to explore female same-sex relationships on screen. FIRE was uncut by the film certification board when it premiered in India in 1998 a
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#RaaERetro: In today’s episode of Raaz-E-Retro, we explore how Deepa Mehta’s Fire challenged Indian cinema by portraying a same-sex relationship between two women. The film’s release triggered protests, censorship debates, and a nationwide moral backlash. (SCREEN, Raaz-E-Retro, Fire movie controversy, Deepa Mehta Fire Fire 1996 film, Indian cinema controversy, same-sex relationship in Indian films, LGBTQ representation in Indian cinema, censorship in Indian cinema, theatre shutdowns, Entertainme
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#RaaERetro: In today’s episode of Raaz-E-Retro, we explore how Deepa Mehta’s Fire challenged Indian cinema by portraying a same-sex relationship between two women. The film’s release triggered protests, censorship debates, and a nationwide moral backlash. (SCREEN, Raaz-E-Retro, Fire movie controversy, Deepa Mehta Fire Fire 1996 film, Indian cinema controversy, same-sex relationship in Indian films, LGBTQ representation in Indian cinema, censorship in Indian cinema, theatre shutdowns, Entertainme
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