Article: `KAMA SUTRA' NOT DONE BY THE BOOK : FILMMAKER NAIR AIMS FOR A DIFFERENT SEXUALITY THAN USUALLY SEEN IN WESTERN, EASTERN CINEMA.(L.A. LIFE)

Article: Mira Nair's "Kama Sutra"
International Examiner;  March 18, 1997 ;     700+ words ...International Examiner 03-18-1997 Mira Nair's "Kama Sutra" That Mira Nair is a gifted filmmaker, there can be no doubt. Nair's "Kama Sutra" has all the trappings of a stunning period ...

Article: The lessons of love `Kama Sutra' director Mira ...
The Boston Globe;  March 2, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... people who regard the Kama Sutra as a handbook of sexual gymnastics. Nair's "Kama Sutra" focuses more on sexual ... Buddha" flopped. So Nair returned to India, resolving not to let "Kama Sutra" evaporate similarly ...

Article: `KAMA SUTRA' CALLED EROTIC, NOT PORNOGRAPHIC ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  February 26, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... quite a negative experience.'' ``Kama Sutra'' began not with the ancient text but with a modern short story that Nair's husband - a Ugandan professor ... might have been influenced by the Kama Sutra of Vatsayana.'' The film was shot ...

Article: The sensual world of `Kama Sutra'
The Boston Globe;  March 7, 1997 ;     700+ words ...KAMA SUTRA Directed by: Mira Nair Screenplay by: Nair, Helena ... reflecting as you watch Mira Nair's "Kama Sutra," is sensuality. Drawn from ... measure of the craft with which Nair fills "Kama Sutra" that the film never seems hurried ...

Article: Director battles India's censors over `Kama Sutra'
Chicago Sun-Times;  March 2, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Ironically, director Mira Nair's "Kama Sutra - A Tale of Love" (opening ... the MPAA initially rated "Kama Sutra" NC-17, Nair's U.S. distributor ... I want to screen `Kama Sutra' in India," Nair told another Indian magazine ...

Article: Pretty, ponderous `Kama Sutra'.(Metropolitan ...
The Washington Times;  March 7, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... that time, the "Kama Sutra" had been around ... other respects, Miss Nair's movie suggests ... Every aspect of "Kama Sutra" that emphasizes ... attractive. But Miss Nair can't seem to sustain ... away from it. "Kama Sutra" suggests a temperament ... m not sure Miss Nair ...

Article: `KAMA SUTRA' A VISUAL TREAT.(LIFE & LEISURE)(Movie ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  April 11, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... ravishment, of Mira Nair's direction and ... sensuousness of ``Kama Sutra'' (opening today ... heat on your cheek. Nair's film is more ... sex manual, ``Kama Sutra'' concerns Maya ... Movie Review ``KAMA SUTRA'' STARRING: Sarita ... DIRECTOR: Mira Nair. RATED: Unrated ...