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Chutney Popcorn is a 1999 comedy-drama film starring, directed and co-written by Nisha Ganatra. Ganatra plays a young lesbian Indian American woman called Reena. Jill Hennessy plays her girlfriend Lisa, and Reena's mother and sister are played by real life mother and daughter Madhur Jaffrey and Sakina Jaffrey. The film explores the conflict between Reena's sexual and national identities as well as her mother Meenu's attempts to come to terms with the Western lives of both her daughters.
Plot
Reena is a young Indian American lesbian who lives and works in New York City. Her sister Sarita, who is happily married, discovers that she is infertile. Reena offers to be a surrogate mother for her sister's baby, hoping to improve her relationship with their mother, who disapproves of Reena's sexual orientation. Sarita and her husband accept Reena's offer, but Sarita begins to have second thoughts. After Reena becomes pregnant, her relationship with her girlfriend Lisa suffers. When the baby is born, Reena and Lisa are reunited, as are Reena's family.
Cast
Nisha Ganatra as Reena
Jill Hennessy as Lisa
Sakina Jaffrey as Sarita
Madhur Jaffrey as Meenu
Nick Chinlund as Mitch
Cara Buono as Janis
Ajay Naidu as Raju
Daniella Rich as Tiffany
Critical reception
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 83% based on 19 reviews. On Metacritic the film has a score of 66 out of 100 based on reviews from 8 critics.
Awards
Chutney Popcorn won several film festival awards between 1999 and 2001 including at the San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, the Paris Lesbian Film Festival and L.A. Outfest. It was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Movie in 2001.
See also
List of LGBT-related films directed by women
References
External links
Official site
Chutney Popcorn at IMDb
Chutney Popcorn at AllMovie
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