The_Film_Cricket 'Kama Sutra' has a story that would be right at home on a daytime soap opera. I say that as a criticism because both tell meaty stories and one is just as frivolous and silly as the other. Both are smooth and lovingly photographed, everyone is beautiful and everybody seems locked in some form of sexual intrigue or another.With a title like Kama Sutra you wouldn't expect anything less then eroticism and sexual politics. The story takes place in 16th century India and centers around two women a servant named Maya (Indira Varma) and the Princess Tara (Sarita Choudhury) who have been friends since childhood. Tara has been groomed from birth to be the wife of a king and is chosen by King Raj Singh (Naveen Andrews). The night before the wedding Maya seduces the king on the theory that she has always had to follow Tara to get anything and now Tara will have something that Maya has had first.Angered, Tara casts Maya out of the village. Wandering in exile she is caught up in the gaze of a sculptor who makes her his model and his lover but later decides that she can't be both and would rather she just be his model. Uh-huh. It's about here that the movie's title comes into place because Maya meets a woman who has a school that teaches the ancient art of the Kama Sutra. She proves to be adept at the ancient art that combines dance, art, philosophy and sex and uses her teachings to make her way back into the court.From Mira Nair I expected a robust story of sexual intrigue and character study but alas she hasn't created a film that is up to her best works like 'Mississippi Masala' or 'Salaam Bombay'. The story is just a clothes line on which to hang a lot of gorgeous bodies and erotic revelry. It begins with a joyfully sexy story and by the end 'Kama Sutra' doesn't have a brain in it's pretty little head.

anisha dutta This is, hands down, the most underrated brilliant movie I've seen. Indira verma has acted with such perfection, sad that it never got the recognition it deserved. The title always made me think of it as an erotica based on the ancient book of kamasutra but i was blown away by the depth of story.I highly recommend people to see this movie. Meera nair's genius is undeniable. The subtlety with which she portrays her vision through the movie is commendable. Its hard to believe it was Indira Verma's first movie, not only does she look absolutely exotic and breathtaking her skills as an actor are equally enticing. Supporting her amazing performance are equally commendable ones by Naveen Andrews and Sarita Choudhury.

postbox-vijay Expected a lot more from the maker of Salaam Bombay. Bought a DVD version of the movie in Canada with a sequel from Mira Nair herself.She babbled erotic scenes and melodramatic sequences are a must to the story. But where is the storyline here? At best she has exploited the flesh of then beautiful women in the world Indra Verma.In Mira Nair rates herself as the purveyor of women liberation and wanna highlight the plight of a servant girl in the medieval India, whats the point in those surrogate scenes? Still cannot figure out why this movie was labeled Kamasutra.A billion dollar question even the director cannot answer

Theo Robertson I do confess that I have read the Kama Sutra and there's an awful lot of misconceptions about it . It is NOT some hot porn manual that will get your juices flowing , it's a very thick book about the art of love . If you've bought a copy simply to use as masturbation fuel then you've certainly wasted your money . Likewise if you bought the book to wave around during some moral crusade with a rather dubious agenda The film is very similar to the book . Many people who have stated their opinion have obviously watched the movie either expecting to be shocked or to be brought to orgasmic ecstasy but that's their problem because like the book with the same name this film while being somewhat erotic is also rather dull . It's not an adaptation per se just a rather unconnected and tenuous example of a book and movie sharing the same name . The only reason it's called KAMA SUTRA is down to the fact that it's taught to a group of courtesans , the rest of the plot involves something of a love triangle . It's also a movie that's not well made with a visual look of something that appears to have been shot on very poor stock film I will praise it on one aspect - The casting . For this type of movie to come close to any type of success the casting of the lead female must be right and Indira Varma as Maya simply steals the film . He is strikingly beautiful but he also oozes a type of pure innocence . It's very easy to see why Raj Singh has fallen in love with her . Singh is played by Naveen Andrews who everyone in the world will now know via a very successful American show but you'll never be reminded of Sayid Jarrah while watching this because Andrews is very convincing . I do feel slight sympathy for Sarita Choudhrey as the other pivotal female role of Tara because her part feels rather underwritten and understandably she doesn't have the same type of breathtaking beauty as Varma unfortunately This could have been a very poor film and to be honest it's not a great one either , but some clever casting and fine acting make it worth watching at least once