爱火

《爱火》讲述的是什么故事？

《爱火》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 “印度多面睇十大印度影片。　　Ashok (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) runs a family business that sells takeout food and which also has a video rental store at the side. Ashok's extended family includes his wife Radha (Shabana Azmi), his brother Jatin (Javed Jaffrey), their ailing mother Biji (Kushal Rekhi) and their manservant Mundu (Ranjit Chowdhry), all living under the same roof. Jatin, at the insistence of Ashok and their mother, Biji, agrees to marry the beautiful Sita (Nandita Das) in an arranged marriage, although he is actually in love with Julie (Alice Poon), a Chinese-Indian. At first glance, you see a happy middle-class family going through the normal paces of everyday life. However, as the layers are slowly peeled back, we find a simmering cauldron of discontent within the family, with almost every family member living a lie. Both marriages in the family turn out to be emotionally empty, without love or passion. While Ashok is an ascetic who has taken a vow of celibacy, Jatin is a handsome ladies' man who is still openly seeing Julie even after his marriage to Sita. Ashok has pledged his total devotion to a religious holy man, a swami, in order to purge his life of worldly desires and temptations. Radha, bound by her sense of duty to her husband, agrees to go along with his wishes. As you can imagine, with both husbands ignoring their spouses' emotional and sexual needs (albeit with reasons that are totally opposite from each other), it is only a matter of time before Radha and Sita look to one another for comfort and to satisfy their own passions. In this environment, it is only natural that Sita and Radha become fast friends, and, in time, much more than that. But their love is not without its share of painful obstacles.

一、《爱火》是哪一年上映的？

《爱火》是迪帕,梅塔,(Deepa,Mehta)于1996年拍摄的一部经典剧情片。此片开创加拿大当代剧情片的先河，《爱火》上映时票房稳坐前三，创下当年纪录。当时Shabana,Azmi,Nandita,Das,Kulbhushan,Kharbanda,Javed,Jaffrey均为最佳主角，Shabana,Azmi,Nandita,Das,Kulbhushan,Kharbanda,Javed,Jaffrey以精彩演技和突出形象，奠定在加拿大影坛地位。Shabana,Azmi,Nandita,Das,Kulbhushan,Kharbanda,Javed,Jaffrey饰演角色造型多年后仍为人所模仿。迪帕,梅塔,(Deepa,Mehta)之前曾被人怀疑其能力，而《爱火》却奠定迪帕,梅塔,(Deepa,Mehta)剧情片风格。《爱火》首映时曾获海外剧情片和媒体广泛称誉，被认为其优秀程度，是足以与同时期（指1996年代）加拿大优秀剧情片齐名。

二、被称为剧情片的开先河之作的《爱火》，是迪帕,梅塔,(Deepa,Mehta)最好的作品吗？

从迪帕,梅塔,(Deepa,Mehta)斩获剧情片最佳导演开始，很多观众就觉得这部《爱火》是他极具代表性的剧情片。虽然迪帕,梅塔,(Deepa,Mehta)后来还拍出过评价很好的作品，但是《爱火》依然常被认为是他剧情片创作中的重要代表。

三、《爱火》为什么可以成为经典？

提起加拿大，不少观众都会想到《爱火》的名字。这部由迪帕,梅塔,(Deepa,Mehta)导演，Shabana,Azmi,Nandita,Das,Kulbhushan,Kharbanda,Javed,Jaffrey主演的《爱火》，在当时凭借鲜明的人物塑造和紧凑的剧情片叙事获得了不错反响。正是人物命运、情绪推进和故事节奏之间的相互配合，让《爱火》在同类型作品中具有较高辨识度，也让观众对其中的情节留下深刻印象。

四、如何评价《爱火》？

《爱火》口碑表现稳定，深受广大观众喜爱。不仅Shabana,Azmi,Nandita,Das,Kulbhushan,Kharbanda,Javed,Jaffrey的表演有看点，而且该剧情片故事情节紧凑，不卡影院（www.sxlongtaiwl.com）观看起来流畅，同时还能保持较强的剧情吸引力。虽然不同观众对《爱火》的评价各有侧重，但该片目前的受欢迎程度已经名列同类作品前茅。

五、《爱火》剧情片的主要内容

《爱火》是一部剧情片作品，由导演迪帕,梅塔,(Deepa,Mehta)执导，Shabana,Azmi,Nandita,Das,Kulbhushan,Kharbanda,Javed,Jaffrey主演。影片围绕主要人物的经历展开，通过人物关系、情节推进和情绪变化，呈现出一段具有观看价值的剧情片故事。

《爱火》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 “印度多面睇十大印度影片。　　Ashok (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) runs a family business that sells takeout food and which also has a video rental store at the side. Ashok's extended family includes his wife Radha (Shabana Azmi), his brother Jatin (Javed Jaffrey), their ailing mother Biji (Kushal Rekhi) and their manservant Mundu (Ranjit Chowdhry), all living under the same roof. Jatin, at the insistence of Ashok and their mother, Biji, agrees to marry the beautiful Sita (Nandita Das) in an arranged marriage, although he is actually in love with Julie (Alice Poon), a Chinese-Indian. At first glance, you see a happy middle-class family going through the normal paces of everyday life. However, as the layers are slowly peeled back, we find a simmering cauldron of discontent within the family, with almost every family member living a lie. Both marriages in the family turn out to be emotionally empty, without love or passion. While Ashok is an ascetic who has taken a vow of celibacy, Jatin is a handsome ladies' man who is still openly seeing Julie even after his marriage to Sita. Ashok has pledged his total devotion to a religious holy man, a swami, in order to purge his life of worldly desires and temptations. Radha, bound by her sense of duty to her husband, agrees to go along with his wishes. As you can imagine, with both husbands ignoring their spouses' emotional and sexual needs (albeit with reasons that are totally opposite from each other), it is only a matter of time before Radha and Sita look to one another for comfort and to satisfy their own passions. In this environment, it is only natural that Sita and Radha become fast friends, and, in time, much more than that. But their love is not without its share of painful obstacles.