How did Indian women viewers respond to Kama Sutra?
When the movie was released in India last year I made contractual obligations with the distributors that there should be matinee screenings thrice a week for women only. In Indian cinemas, 90 per cent of the audience are men. I did not want my female audience to be harassed or intimidated by men’s presence, so I insisted on these all-women screenings. It made women feel safer and made it easier to see my message. It is a myth that Indian women do not want to know about intimate love. In fact, the film was a great hit and women frequented the theatres all over the country. It was among the top three commercially successful movies in India last year. In another newspaper article, she says for her next film (after Monsoon wedding) she will make a film with a spare aesthetic. HA! Vanity Fair was certainly far from spare. From the News-India Times: Talking about her inclination toward carnivalesque films with lots of people and color, Nair said in jest that she tells the people she works wi
