Chutney Popcorn

Name: Chutney Popcorn
Genre: Drama
Released: 2001-01-11
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Nisha Ganatra, Jill Hennessy, Sakina Jaffrey, Madhur Jaffrey, Nick Chinlund

2001·Drama·1h 32m

6.6

★

Reena is a young Indian American lesbian who lives and works in New York. Her sister Sarita, who is happily married, discovers that she is infertile. Reena offers to be a surrogate mother for her sister's baby, hoping to improve her relationship with their mother, who disapproves of Reena's sexual orientation. Reena has second thoughts when her girlfriend Lisa feels left out.

Directed by Nisha Ganatra

new york city

male homosexuality

lgbt

woman director

Trailer

IMDB

N/A

Letterboxd

3.4 / 5

Cast

Nisha Ganatra

Reena

Jill Hennessy

Lisa

Sakina Jaffrey

Sarita

Madhur Jaffrey

Meenu

Nick Chinlund

Mitch

Cara Buono

Janis

Crew

Nisha Ganatra

Director

Nisha Ganatra

Writer

Nisha Ganatra

Producer

Popular Reviews

12 reviews

Dorian

7.0★ · 08/20/24

lesbians they could never make me hate you

Jagdish

8.2★ · 11/05/23

Trailblazing for South Asian lesbians, but my god, was this a microcosm not just for late 90s lesbians but a genuine time capsule — they’re a visual style, an honest sort of authenticity in CHUTNEY POPCORN’s progressive story that it can never be truly replicated today.

Club Skunk

6.4★ · 11/12/22

it’s definitely messy but i love how warm and intentional and genuine it felt. i love movies from 1999, i love 90s music and fashion, i love movies about young people living in cities, i love movies about complex female relationships, i love movies about different cultures and subcultures, so yeah, i really enjoyed this!!

Lex

9.0★ · 05/23/22

i definitely saw a lot of myself in this movie and i thought it was really good 🥺

gaia

4.0★ · 01/23/26

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