Nearly two-and-a-half decades ago, Fire (1998), a film about homosexual relations between two women was lambasted by the orthodox rhetoric to an extent that theatres across the country were vandalised, recounts Sridhar Rangayan, the director of Kashish Pride Film Festival. In its 15th edition now, the festival, which is slated to screen 133 films from 46 countries, will stage a conversation about the controversial film with its director Deepa Mehta and actor Nandita Das on May 18 at Mumbai’s Liberty Cinema from 4.30pm to 5.30pm. They are calling it a Fire-side chat. This year, the festival, themed Unfurl Your Pride, will be held from May 15 to 19 at Liberty Cinema, May 16 to 19 at Alliance Française de Bombay and May 17 and 18 at Cinepolis (Andheri West).
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