Seducing Maarya

Canada, 1999. 107 mins. Vanguard Cinema

In this drama, Dr. Mohan Agashe plays an East Indian widower living in Montreal with his very Westernized son (Vijay Mehta). Both work in the family restaurant, though the son's true interest is his rock band. Still pained by his wife's passing, Agashe wants to do what's best for his family, and when he meets Maarya (Nandana Sen), a beautiful, talented woman from Calcutta, he thinks he's found the perfect wife for his bachelor son-unaware that the son is gay and involved with one of his bandmates (Ryan Hollyman). To please his father, the son agrees to the marriage but it's awkward and passionless. The father soon realizes something more: he's in love with Maarya himself.

Director: Hunt Hoe