由加籍印裔女导演迪帕
．梅塔执导，曾获芝加哥国
际影展奖。因内容表现在打
破传统的 “性禁锢&a
mp;quot;方面，所以公映
时竟触发狂潮，成为众矢之的
，导演本人亦遭受恐吓。剧
情介绍新德里一个年轻美貌
姑娘嫁入中产店主家庭后，因丈
夫沉缅于香港功夫，
并迷恋于中国艳女而受到冷
落。而不育的大嫂
亦因丈夫参与 “灵修&amp
;quot;倍感寂寞，两人同
病相怜遂成闺中好友，并发展成
床上鸳鸯。后来东窗事
发，迫使两人离
家出走。该片在印度来讲，内容
较为惹火，但比起香港片，
似乎仍显平谈，
而且剧情颇为噱头，
算不上佳作。不过对女性情欲描
写极为细致，有
一定的文艺剧情趣味。该
片还入选香港
“印度多面睇&
quot;十大印度影片。 A
shok (Kulbhusha
n Kharban
da) runs
a family busi
ness that
sells tak
eout food an
d which also
has a vide
o rental sto
re at the side
. Ashok&#3
9;s extended
family incl
udes his
wife Radha (S
habana Azmi)
, his broth
er Jati
n (Javed Jaffr
ey), their
ailing
mother Bi
ji (Kusha
l Rekhi) a
nd their manse
rvant Mund
u (Ranjit Ch
owdhry),
all living u
nder the
same roof.
Jatin, at the
insiste
nce of Ash
ok and their mo
ther, Biji, a
grees to ma
rry the beautif
ul Sita (N
andita
Das) in an
arranged ma
rriage, althou
gh he is actua
lly in love wi
th Julie (Alic
e Poon),
a Chines
e-Indian. A
t first glance,
you s
ee a happ
y middle-cl
ass family g
oing throu
gh the n
ormal paces
of eve
ryday life.
However, as t
he layers are
slowly peeled
back, we find
a simmering
cauldron o
f discontent
within the fa
mily, with
almost ev
ery famil
y member li
ving a li
e. Both mar
riages in
the family
turn out t
o be emot
ionally empt
y, without
love or passi
on. Whil
e Ashok i
s an ascetic wh
o has taken
a vow of
celibacy,
Jatin
is a handsom
e ladies
' ma
n who is stil
l openly seei
ng Julie eve
n after hi
s marriage
to Sita. As
hok has
pledged
his tot
al devoti
on to a
religious ho
ly man, a s
wami, in orde
r to purge
his life o
f worldly desi
res and tem
ptation
s. Radha,
bound by her
sense
of duty
to her
husband
, agree
s to go alo
ng with h
is wishes
. As you
can imagin
e, with b
oth husbands
ignoring their
spouse
s'
emotio
nal and
sexual need
s (albeit with
reasons that ar
e totall
y opposi
te from eac
h other),
it is
only a matt
er of time
before Radh
a and Sita look
to one ano
ther for co
mfort and
to satisfy th
eir own
passions.
In this enviro
nment, it is
only natu
ral that S
ita and Radha b
ecome fast fr
iends, and,
in time, m
uch more than t
hat. But their
love is no
t without its
share of pain
ful obstacle
s.　　由加籍印裔女
导演迪帕．梅塔执导
，曾获芝加哥国际影展奖。因内容
表现在打破传统的 “性禁锢&a
mp;amp;qu
ot;方面，所以公映时
竟触发狂潮，成为众矢之的
，导演本人亦遭受恐吓。剧情介绍
新德里一个年轻美貌姑