Perfumed Garden: Tales of the Kama Sutra

Despite the exotic locale and the presence of good Indian talent, this is basically a typical American B-movie that provides an excuse for some nudity and sexual situations. Fans of the genre will recognize the principals as familiar faces from other such films. Not that that's a bad thing. With the popularity in recent years of Indian-themed films as "Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love" and "Fire", it's too be expected that this theme would be used for Playboy channel-style fare, with the potential to infuse the tired genre with some fresh energy. But we're going to have to continue to wait for someone to do it adequately. "Perfumed Garden" has great promise, including the suggestion that something might develop between the two female principals (one of whom is a beautiful Indian actress), but it goes nowhere. Director Mundra delivered the goods years ago with "The Other Woman", but for some reason drops the ball here.