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Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996)
Rate:
2
Viewed:
3/05, 7/08
7/08:
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love tells a boring tale of love and walks a fine line between soap opera and soft porn.
There isn't much of a plot throughout, and nothing interesting ever happens. The acting is okay, but the
performances aren't convincing enough to fit the period of time.
Among the thespians, they evince no chemistry, making it hard for me to believe in their sentiments. Whenever a new subplot is
brewing, it's not followed through well. Meanwhile, I had hoped the film would be sexy enough to wash away the negatives
but to no avail. Nudity is taken as far as possible, but it serves no purpose and where were the Kamasutra sex positions?
From a technical standpoint, The Last Emperor set the standard of making the foreign
culture come alive in the background, but Mira Nair fails to capitalize on it for India. Regardless, the cinematography saves
the film from earning '1', but why bother setting the story in the 16th century?
With fifteen minutes left, when Tara entered Raj Singh's room, she should've sliced off his balls
and slashed his throat as an act of retribution. But the opposite happens, signalling the end of Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
for me. It's impossible to be sympathetic with Maya's problems as she's essentially a prostitute.
All in all, Kama Slutra: A Tale of Pussy is more like it.