Fire (1996 film)
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This article is about the Indo-Canadian film. For the Pakistani film of the same name, see Fire (2002 film).
Fire is a 1996 Indo-Canadian erotic romantic drama film written and directed by Deepa Mehta, starring Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das. It is the first installment of Mehta's Elements trilogy; it is succeeded by Earth (1998) and Water (2005).
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Directed by | Deepa Mehta |
Written by | Deepa Mehta |
Produced by | Bobby Bedi Deepa Mehta |
Starring | Nandita Das Shabana Azmi |
Cinematography | Giles Nuttgens |
Edited by | Barry Farrell |
Music by | A. R. Rahman |
Production companies | Kaleidoscope Entertainment Trial by Fire Films |
Distributed by | Zeitgeist Films |
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Running time | 108 minutes[1] |
Countries | India Canada |
Language | English |
Budget | $800,000 |
Box office | $501,533[2] |
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The film is loosely based on Ismat Chughtai's 1942 story, "Lihaaf" ("The Quilt").[3] Fire is one of the first mainstream Bollywood films to explicitly show homosexual relations, and the first to feature a lesbian relationship.[4][5] After its 1998 release in India, activists staged several protests, setting off a flurry of public dialogue around issues such as homosexuality and freedom of speech.[6][7][4]