Kama Sutra

With regards to the movie, it's masterfully done. Given the subject matter, I'm sure that many will expect it to be salacious and somewhat pornographic - but, that is really not the case. It is extremely erotic in appropriate moments, but the story itself much broader and complex. In addition to this, the soundtrack, the cinematography, the sets... everything is just perfect. I also have to say that the acting is sublime. The principle players each add their own uniqueness to their roles, and carry them out flawlessly.However... If you are thinking of getting this, definitely get the DVD and NOT the Blu-ray. Although the DVD is of lower resolution, the Blu-ray is plagued with a host of transfer problems. It appears to have been transferred directly from film and contains all of the dust, artifacts, and soundtrack hiss that one would expect from a back-alley boot-leg shop. Additionally, it has been censored for content in a rather clumsy way - scenes tend to "jump" unexpectedly where something has been edited out. So, the choice is (a) less colour and resolution in an otherwise excellent transfer - the DVD - or (b) an edited, extremely poor transfer in HD - the Blu-ray. Again, I suggest the DVD.

This is a love story. But...it depicts the caste system, the wasteful habits of the ruling classs, beautiful scenery, beautifully filmed, well developed characters, well acted. Warning...some of the scenes could be considered soft porn.

So beautiful, and senuous it truly remindsme of the Indian classics.

This is cinema! Mira Nair is amazing. This and Monsoon Wedding are beautifully poignant. Arching this movie Kama Sutra changed my life watching it as a teen late in the night. It beautifully explores different perspectives in romantic relationships. I LOVE this movie.

If you like exotic movies and music this is a "MUST SEE". I bought this film back in the VHS days but decided recently to get it again on a DVD because I intend to watch it many more times in the future. The story is captivating and the actors make you forget they're just acting-----plus the men are handsome (I'm just saying) and the women are gorgeous---like only bejeweled, sari-wearing women can be.I don't want to spoil the movie for anyone who decides to buy it so I'll just say it's a complicated tale about jealousy wrapped around a love triangle between a king, his concubine and the man she truly loves.AS for the music, I also bought the CD back when I bought my VHS copy of the movie because it can stand alone it's so good. I'm sure everyone is familiar with sitars and chanting, but this is done on a big-time movie level.

Set in 16th century India, "Kama Sutra" is a seductive, sensual story of love, lust, and betrayal. Mira Nair's hauntingly erotic film brings us a low-caste girl named Maya, who functions as both a servant and companion to Tara, who belongs to the Indian nobility. Even as children, although Maya cleans up after Tara and wears Tara's cast-offs, it is Maya whose seductive charm entrances everyone who comes into contact with her; for all her family and financial connections, Tara is really living in Maya's shadow.Tara is destined for great things; she's engaged to be married to the spoiled and dissolute young king Raj Singh, while Maya is trained to be only a courtesan; but Maya knows how to put her training to good use; when Tara is formally introduced to her future husband, it is Maya's hypnotic eyes that bewitch him. But Maya is prepared to go even further than this; for once, she will make Tara know what it feels like to feast on someone's leftovers. Maya seduces Raj Singh on the night before his wedding. By taking such an enormous step, she may become a social outcast, but Raj Singh is hooked; he will keep Tara as his wife, since he has to have a wife, but since Maya is the woman he really wants, he will keep her as his courtesan.It's a mess all around; Tara can't win her husband's love, she's as cold and sexually frigid as Maya is enchanting; but Maya soon becomes disgusted with Raj Singh's dissipation, and at this point she meets her soulmate, the sculptor Jai Kumar. It's a love doomed from the start; the more Maya is repelled by Raj Singh, the more he desires her, and he'll never let her escape. Something has to give, and something does."Kama Sutra" is not an especially deep movie; it doesn't have a convoluted plot and most of the characters are pretty two-dimensional; but as a straightforward tale of love and lust, it's eminently satisfying. The setting in pre-colonial India with its exotic atmosphere and lavish costumes makes for a stunning eyeful, and the actors play their parts to the hilt. Indira Varma makes a luminous Mayra; her sensuality steams up the screen; and Sarita Choudhury is convincing as Tara, the unloved and jealous wife. The male actors, Naveen Andrews as Raj Singh and Ramon Tikram as Jai Kumar, are good, but they don't stand out as much as the women because their roles are not as compelling; "Kama Sutra" is essentially a women's film, directed by woman and telling a woman's story. It's sultry, sensual, and very much worth seeing.Judy Lind