---
title: 'Fire (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Deepa Mehta'
released: '1996-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'India'
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/fire-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116308/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Fire (1996)

1996 · 104 min · Drama, Romance · India, Canada

Part of: Elements trilogy

## Synopsis

Fire is a 1996 English-language romantic drama film written and directed by Deepa Mehta, starring Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das. An Indo-Canadian co-production, it is the first installment of Mehta's Elements trilogy; it is succeeded by Earth (1998) and Water (2005).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Deepa Mehta](https://cinepixo.com/people/deepa-mehta)
- **Screenplay:** [Deepa Mehta](https://cinepixo.com/people/deepa-mehta)
- **Producer:** [Deepa Mehta](https://cinepixo.com/people/deepa-mehta)
- **Original Music Composer:** [A. R. Rahman](https://cinepixo.com/people/a-r-rahman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Giles Nuttgens](https://cinepixo.com/people/giles-nuttgens)
- **Editor:** [Barry Farrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-farrell)

## Cast

- [Javed Jaffrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/javed-jaffrey)
- [Ranjit Chowdhry](https://cinepixo.com/people/ranjit-chowdhry)
- [Vinay Pathak](https://cinepixo.com/people/vinay-pathak)
- [Kulbhushan Kharbanda](https://cinepixo.com/people/kulbhushan-kharbanda)
- [Devyani Saltzman](https://cinepixo.com/people/devyani-saltzman)
- [Dilip Mehta](https://cinepixo.com/people/dilip-mehta)
- [Shabana Azmi](https://cinepixo.com/people/shabana-azmi)
- [Nandita Das](https://cinepixo.com/people/nandita-das)
- [Ram Gopal Bajaj](https://cinepixo.com/people/ram-gopal-bajaj)
- [Laurence Côte](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-cote)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/fire-1996
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1418833); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.