Comments on: FIRE d: Deepa Mehta http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/fire-deepa-mehta-azmi-nandita-das/ The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Aparnahttp://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/fire-deepa-mehta-azmi-nandita-das/#comment-526874 Aparna Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:41:57 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4201#comment-526874 Like the other two, I would also have to disagree with this review. I am an Indian who was born and raised in the US and while certain aspects of the film may have seemed forced (i.e. the flashbacks), the fact that the film was made and released in India in 1996 is important to be considered. The "expected" subservient nature of housewives in India was, and to a certain degree still is, a huge part of daily life in India. The radical concept of two women finding solace in one another to cope with this isolation was unheard of at the time. Also, the fact that this film portrayed women much differently than the average Bollywood film at the time (women have become even MORE sexual in today's Bollywood) is a detail not to be overlooked. Like the other two, I would also have to disagree with this review. I am an Indian who was born and raised in the US and while certain aspects of the film may have seemed forced (i.e. the flashbacks), the fact that the film was made and released in India in 1996 is important to be considered. The "expected" subservient nature of housewives in India was, and to a certain degree still is, a huge part of daily life in India. The radical concept of two women finding solace in one another to cope with this isolation was unheard of at the time. Also, the fact that this film portrayed women much differently than the average Bollywood film at the time (women have become even MORE sexual in today's Bollywood) is a detail not to be overlooked.

]]> By: Priscilla Eyleshttp://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/fire-deepa-mehta-azmi-nandita-das/#comment-475016 Priscilla Eyles Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:03:35 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4201#comment-475016 I though this film was fantastic and yes Das is beautiful, but Azmi isn't sterotypically beautiful in my eyes she's too old for Hollywood/sexist norms of beauty for a start if your going to take that argument. And what's wrong with having a beautiful actress in the role of a lesbian, no-one complained about Jolie playing Gia which was a great film (maybe it's the fact that shes apparently bi). I think lesbians come in all shapes and sizes and dont all look like your view of lesbians: Ellen DeGeneres, Rosie O'Donnell etc. I also thought the characters engaging and the film brave and great achievement for a film based in a country where homosexuality is still outlawed. I though this film was fantastic and yes Das is beautiful, but Azmi isn't sterotypically beautiful in my eyes she's too old for Hollywood/sexist norms of beauty for a start if your going to take that argument. And what's wrong with having a beautiful actress in the role of a lesbian, no-one complained about Jolie playing Gia which was a great film (maybe it's the fact that shes apparently bi). I think lesbians come in all shapes and sizes and dont all look like your view of lesbians: Ellen DeGeneres, Rosie O'Donnell etc. I also thought the characters engaging and the film brave and great achievement for a film based in a country where homosexuality is still outlawed.

]]> By: Fire Lesbian Moviehttp://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/fire-deepa-mehta-azmi-nandita-das/#comment-436824 Fire Lesbian Movie Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:01:34 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4201#comment-436824 A lot of respect to you but i must disagree. i think Fire is an exceptional movie I think one needs to consider when it was made [1996] and where it was released [India] I think, considering the sentiment of the periods and environment Deepa made a very bold and respectable statement with this movie I didn't watch fire till about 2006 and was suitably impressed A lot of respect to you but i must disagree.
i think Fire is an exceptional movie
I think one needs to consider when it was made [1996] and where it was released [India]

I think, considering the sentiment of the periods and environment Deepa made a very bold and respectable statement with this movie

I didn't watch fire till about 2006 and was suitably impressed

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