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Fire

on September 13, 2004 | Comments (0)
Deepa Mehta's 1996 film tells the story of two Indian sisters-in-law living in traditional marriages who fall in love with each other.
on September 13, 2011 | Comments (7)
A New York Times piece hails women getting behind the camera for some of Bollywood's best films.
on January 26, 2011 | Comments (31)
Two teenage girls in India committed suicide after seeing a film that convinced them of the impossibility of living openly as a couple.
Two Indian sisters-in-law living in traditional marriages fall in love with each other in this classic and controversial film.
on February 7, 2009 | Comments (15)
This week, the Retro Reviewers braved Fire, the very first Indian lesbian film from Deepa Mehta. All of the reviewers agreed that the movie was deep, en
Lately I've been thinking about lover Cindi on The L Word. Well, not Cindi herself, but the "lover" thing. It's hilarious every time Dawn Denbo says it, mostly
on January 30, 2007 | Comments (5)
Indian lesbians are less likely to die or go crazy on film these days.