Released: 1996

Language: English

Country: India

Rating: R

Runtime: 1 hours 51 minutes

Genres: Drama / Romance

Starring: Indira Varma, Naveen Andrews, Ramon Tikaram, Sarita Choudhury

Directed by: Mira Nair

Written by: Helena Kriel, Mira Nair

Movie Synopsis: Set in 16th Century India KAMA SUTRA is the tale of two girls, Maya and Tara, one a lowly servant, the other a noble princess, both raised together as children. But whilst Tara is raised as a Princess Maya, as her servant, is forever reminded of her subordinate position. It is though her striking beauty and her skills of seduction learnt through the Kama Sutra, the Indian book of love, that Maya exacts her revenge on Tara by seducing her husband on her wedding day thus beginning a destructive struggle for power where revenge is the goal, but tragedy the outcome.