Ghosh (mass communication, Jamia Millia Islamia, India) analyzes the 1996 Indian-Canadian film Fire, a lesbian love story about the wives of two brothers who fall in love with each other, and the subsequent controversy and protests in India. She describes the production history of the film, its social and political context in 1990s India, protests against its purported obscenity and anti-Hinduism, its cinematic characteristics, how it sparked the first public debate on homosexuality in India, and how it changed the ways audiences viewed homosexuality. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)