Fire

The first instalment of Deepa Mehta's Elements Trilogy — a quiet, incendiary drama about two sisters-in-law in a joint Delhi household who find solace, and then love, in each other. A landmark of queer South Asian cinema that ignited both acclaim and protest upon its Indian release.

Director

Deepa Mehta

Writer

Deepa Mehta

Cast

Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Jaaved Jaaferi, Ranjit Chowdhry, Kushal Rekhi

Producers

Bobby Bedi & Deepa Mehta

Executive producers

David Hamilton & Suresh Bhalla

Cinematography

Giles Nuttgens

Editing

Barry Farrell

Music

A. R. Rahman