Fire (1996)

Film details

Featuring

Shabana Azmi Nandita Das Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Director

Deepa Mehta
Country

Canada
Year

1996
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Set in New Delhi, the film is centred around a middle-class family and touches on the subjects of arranged marriages, adultery and a lesbian relationship. Radha is the dutiful but frustrated wife of the celibate Ashok. Jatin is Ashok's brother who is forced to marry Sita in an arranged marriage. He is still in love with and continues to see his Chinese girlfriend. Radha and Sita come together for support and comfort and a sexual intimacy gradually develops between them.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Radha
    
    Shabana Azmi
  - Sita
    
    Nandita Das
  - Ashok
    
    Kharbanda, Kulbushan
  - Jatin
    
    Jaaferi, Jaaved
  - Mundu
    
    Ranjit Chowdhry
  - Biji
    
    Kushal Rekhi
  - young Radha
    
    Karishma Jhalani
  - young Radha's mother
    
    Ramanjeet Kaur
  - young Radha's father
    
    Dilip Mehta
  - guide at Taj Mahal
    
    Vinay Pathak
  - Julie
    
    Alice Poon
  - Swamiji
    
    Ram Gopal Bajaj
  - oily man in video shop
    
    Ravinder Happy
  - girl in video shop
    
    Mehta Saltzman, Devyani
  - milkman on bicycle
    
    Sunil Chhabra
  - Julie's father
    
    Avijit Dutt
  - Julie's brother
    
    Shasea Bahadur
  - Goddess Sita
    
    Meher Chand
  - God Ram
    
    Bahadur Chand
  - 'Ramayan' theatrical troupe
    
    Puran
  - 'Ramayan' theatrical troupe
    
    Sohan Lal
  - 'Ramayan' theatrical troupe
    
    Meher
  - 'Ramayan' theatrical troupe
    
    Amarjit
  - 'Ramayan' theatrical troupe
    
    Karam Chand
  - boy in video shop
    
    Kabir Chowdhury
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Deepa Mehta
  Rights:
  - ©
    
    Trial by Fire Films
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Trial by Fire Films
  - Executive Producer
    
    Suresh Bhalla
  - Executive Producer
    
    David Hamilton
  - Producer
    
    Bobby Bedi
  - Producer
    
    Deepa Mehta
  - Line Producer
    
    Anne Masson
  - Associate Producer
    
    Karen Lee Hall
  - Associate Producer
    
    Varsha Bedi
  - Unit Manager
    
    Sanjay Malik
  Writing:
  - Story Editor
    
    Susan Martin
  - Screenplay
    
    Deepa Mehta
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Giles Nuttgens
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Barry Farrell
  Design:
  - Production Designer
    
    Aradhana Seth
  - Art Director
    
    Sunil Chhabra
  Costumes:
  - Costume Designer
    
    Neelam Mansingh Chowdhury
  - Costume Designer
    
    Anju Rekhi
  - Wardrobe Mistress
    
    Payal Randhawa
  - Wardrobe Mistress
    
    Sagarika
  Make-up:
  - Make-up Artist
    
    Williamson, Lizbeth
  - Hairstylist
    
    Alexis Fernandez
  Music:
  - Music
    
    A.R. Rahman
  Sound:
  - Sound Mixer
    
    Konrad Skreta
  Stunts:
  - Stunt Co-ordinator
    
    Ghani, Amin
  - Radha Fire Stunt Double
    
    Selima Rupani