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Synopsis

Fire: A Queer Film Classic expands upon the 1996 film by Indian-born director Deepa Mehta about the burgeoning relationship between the wives of two brothers who have abandoned them emotionally. The film's unprecedented lesbian themes led to riots outside cinemas in India and necessitated police protection for the director. This book concerns the controversy that divided a nation. Author Shohini Ghosh also explores Fire's scathing attack on both heterosexism and Hindu practices in India that oppress and marginalize women, as well as its revolutionary treatments of female characters, whose traditional duties are imbued with an unprecedented sensuality.