Chutney Popcorn

Chutney Popcorn
DVD cover
Directed byNisha Ganatra
Written bySusan Carnival
Nisha Ganatra
Produced bySusan Carnival
Nisha Ganatra
StarringNisha Ganatra
Jill Hennessy
Sakina Jaffrey
Madhur Jaffrey
CinematographyErin King
Edited byJane Pia Abramowitz
Music byKarsh Kale
Release dates
  • July 9, 1999 (1999-07-09) (Outfest)
  • September 22, 2000 (2000-09-22) (U.S.)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Chutney Popcorn is a 1999 comedy-drama film starring, directed and co-written by Nisha Ganatra.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

  1. ^ Ember, Carol R. (2004). Encyclopedia of diasporas. Springer. p. 381. ISBN 0-306-48321-1.
  2. ^ Winter, Jessica (March 2000). "Raging Against The Raj". Interview. Retrieved 2009-06-13. [dead link]
  3. ^ Singh, Jaspal Kaur (2009). Representation and Resistance. University of Calgary Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-55238-245-5.