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The Desire (2010)

The Desire poster
Original title
The Desire: A Journey of a Woman
Directed by
R. Sarath
Genre
LGBTQ-related film
Country
India
Runtime
1h 21m
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An Indian classical dancer meets a Chinese artist during a travel assignment. Their different backgrounds and shared passion for art spark a love story.

contemplativeemotionalromanticartisticgentlemelancholicslow-paced

What happens

The Desire: A Journey of a Woman is a 2010 India-Chinese feature film, directed by R. Sarath. Starring Shilpa Shetty in the lead role, the film also stars Chinese actor Xia Yu along with Indian actors and actresses Jaya Prada, Anupam Kher, Sheetal Menon and Sachin Khedekar. The film began shooting in January 2009 and was expected for a public release in mid-2009 but was not released due to production problems, including the original producer leaving midway through shooting, only to be replaced by Shetty's mother, Sunanda. It was subsequently screened at film festivals worldwide and set for release in India and China in August 2012, but was still listed as forthcoming as late as September 2012. The movie was shot in Kerala, Ahmedabad, Nasik, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Malaysia. The Desire is a film about "dance, music, art, culture and emotions". It tells the journey of an Indian classical dancer, Goutami, and the love story between her and a Chinese artist, Jai Leang, whom she meets during a travel assignment. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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