Synopsis
In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn when her beautiful young sister-in-law seeks to free herself from the confines of her own loveless marriage.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Metacritic64/100
71 audience votes
Key crew
- Deepa MehtaDirector
- A.R. RahmanOriginal Music Composer
- Deepa MehtaScreenplay
Cast
- Nandita DasSita
- Shabana AzmiRadha
- Javed JaffreyJatin
- Kulbhushan KharbandaAshok
- Kushal RekhiBiji
- Ranjit ChowdhryMundu
- Karishma JhalaniYoung Radha
- Alice PoonJulie
- Ram Gopal BajajSwamiji
- Vinay PathakGuide at Taj Mahal
- Dilip MehtaYoung Radha's father
- Ramanjeet KaurYoung Radha's mother
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Themes
coming outinfidelityhusband wife relationshiparranged marriagehinduismlesbian relationshipmale homosexualityindialgbtwoman director