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It's been a while since I put up any gratuitous Shabana Azmi, so here is some.

   

I'm a fair neophyte to the vast universe of Indian cinema, so I don't have a whole lot to say beyond, er, oh my.  At any rate it's hard to imagine thighs like that on a Hollywood starlet, and that's just a crying shame. 

I've only seen one of Shabana Azmi's films so far (as I said, neophyte), but I've seen it three times, so that has to count for something.  And I don't think a film could be crafted that could push more of my buttons at once.  Some day, if I ever develop any objectivity about it, I'll post some of my thoughts about it.

 

Leaving that aside, though, I do have another of her films waiting for me to watch, thanks to the joyous magic of Netflix.  The film is मृत्यु दण्ड (mrityu dand), "Death Sentence," and it shares a theme with "Fire":  the things that women do to free themselves from bitter, passionless lives.  I will post some comments about it once I have gotten a chance to sit down and watch it.