Deepa Mehta's _Fire_

Robert Zydenbos zydenbos at BLR.VSNL.NET.IN
Wed Jan 6 08:39:41 UTC 1999


At 13:19 04.01.99 -0600, Sumedh Mungee wrote:

>It is a well known fact here that Fire was a movie
>dominated by muslims (like Shabana Azmi). Why did they not choose
>characters of their own religion?

I believe the film was made by one Deepa Mehta. The name suggests that she
is not a Muslim. Nor does the name Nandita Das suggest that the person is a
Muslim.

RZ





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