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Fire -LRB- Phayar फायर -RRB- is a 1996 Indian-Canadian romantic drama film written and directed by Deepa Mehta , and starring Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das .. Deepa Mehta. Deepa Mehta. Nandita Das. Nandita Das. Shabana Azmi. Shabana Azmi. romantic. Romance film. drama film. Drama ( film and television ). It is the first installment of Mehta 's Elements trilogy ; it is succeeded by Earth -LRB- 1998 -RRB- and Water -LRB- 2005 -RRB- .. Elements trilogy. Elements trilogy. Earth. Earth ( 1998 film ). Water. Water ( 2005 film ). The film is loosely based on Ismat Chughtai 's 1942 story , Lihaaf -LRB- The Quilt -RRB- .. Ismat Chughtai. Ismat Chughtai. Lihaaf. Lihaaf. It was one of the first mainstream Bollywood films to explicitly show homosexual relations .. After its 1998 release in India , certain groups staged several protests , setting off a flurry of public dialogue around issues such as homosexuality and freedom of speech .. freedom of speech. freedom of speech