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As its title suggests, fire is an important notion present throughout the film Fire. Its various meanings and functions are often expressed directly, e.g. through certain events and characters' words. However, in order to apprehand its more subtle elements, the instances when it occurs and its relation to water, as depicted in Fire, should also be examined. We should also take into account the underlying theme of the film, female emancipation, as well as the legend of Sita, since both help to shed a different light on fire. The unrelenting presence of fire is most strongly conveyed through the striking imagery, especially the colors used in the film. There is hardly a frame whitout a hint of red, orange or yellow. Buildings, saris, and flowers – all take on these "hot" colors, and even skin and hair seem to have a certain shade of orange. Thus we are encouraged to decipher its form. One of the more obvious images of fire is that of a judge, which is expressed by means of allegory: the film draws a vivid parallel with the mythological trial by fire, undergone by Sita, king Rama's (king Rahm's) wife, which was first mentioned in the ancient Ramayana. According to the legend, which established Sita as a model of wifely devoti