a fairly interesting look at some character from india burgeon middle class . although india be rapidly modernizing and her culture be not keep up . this film involve the patriarchal society and where woman be not yet truly free citizen . a land of arrange marriage and men who dally with mistress with total impunity and and woman who be expect to tolerate all this and will eventually come up short . i be impressed with nandita da and who be quite attractive and and play her character with total earnestness . but i be even more impressed with shabana azmi and who i understand be a long time fixture of bollywood . her quiet beauty and low key psychic suffering be excellent . the lesbian subtext of this film be never particularly erotic and and never titillating . ( darn . ) worth a look for those interested in vastly different culture .