i admire deepa mehta and this movie be a masterpiece . i would recommend to buy this movie on dvd because it a movie you might want to watch more often than just once . and trust me and you would still find little meaningful detail after watch it several time . the character except for the grandmother perhaps be all very balance and no black and white . even though you follow the story from the perspective of the two protagonist and there be also empathy for the other character . i think the imdb rating for the movie be far too low probably due to it politically controversial content .