Canada / India,
1996, 108 min
Directed by:
Deepa MehtaScreenplay:
Deepa MehtaCinematography:
Giles NuttgensComposer:
A.R. RahmanCast:
Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das, Vinay Pathak, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Jaaved Jaaferi, Laurence Côte, Ranjit Chowdhry, Kabir Chowdhury, Dilip Mehta, Alice PoonPlots(1)
Sita and Radha are young Indian women whose husbands choose celibacy or mistresses over their wives. The two women become friends and grow closer together, forming a forbidden but liberating relationship. A lush, passionate story of emancipation and love, in a closed society. (official distributor synopsis)