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Monsoon Wedding Details

2001 Certificate 15
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Combining traditional ideas of marriage and family with the realities of modern life, MONSOON WEDDING is a lighthearted film from director Mira Nair (SALAAM BOMBAY!). The majority of the film takes place inside the home of an extended Punjabi family living in New Delhi who has gathered together for the arranged wedding of Adita .. Read more

Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shetty, Vijay Raaz
Director Mira Nair
Genres Drama

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Monsoon Wedding

Combining traditional ideas of marriage and family with the realities of modern life, MONSOON WEDDING is a lighthearted film from director Mira Nair (SALAAM BOMBAY!). The majority of the film takes place inside the home of an extended Punjabi family living in New Delhi who has gathered together for the arranged wedding of Adita (Vasundhara Das). She is to marry Hemant (Parveen Dabaas), a man who works in the United States. This means leaving her family home to go live with him, and though Adita says she welcomes the new opportunity, it is clear that she already feels homesick. Also at issue is the fact that she is still in love with her former boss, Vikram (Sameer Arya), a television producer who promises to divorce his wife but never does. Though Adita is careful to hide her true feelings from her family, her sister Ria (Shefali Shetty) worries that she is marrying for the wrong reasons. Ria has issues of her own. She wants to go to school in the United States and become a writer, but her family would prefer her to follow a more traditional path, and they claim that money is the reason. Meanwhile, the rebellious wedding planner, P.K. Dubey (Vijay Raaz) is falling in love with the family maid, Alice (Tilotama Shome). Sparks also fly between two of Adita's cousins, Ayesha (Neha Dubey) and Rahul (Randeep Hooda), who meet at the wedding and find that their conflicting values are a good challenge for each other. A festive film, MONSOON WEDDING is a swirling family comedy.

Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shetty, Vijay Raaz, Tilotama Shome, Vasundhara Das, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Soni Razdan, Rajat Kapoor, Sameer Arya, Parveen Dabaas, Neha Dubey, Randeep Hooda, Kamini Khanna
Director Mira Nair
Studio 4DVD
Run time DVD: 1 hr 49 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English, Hindi
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: 17 Mar 2008
Production year: 2001
Format DVD
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  • 4 stars out of 5

    This was a surprise winner of the Golden Lion at Venice and marks a distinct shift in tone for director Mira Nair after the disappointing critical reception of Kama Sutra and The Perez Family. But, while the emphasis here is firmly on fun — as bourgeois Punjabi Vasundhara Das prepares for her nuptials with US-based engineer Parvin Dabas — there's still enough social comment to add backbone to the comedy. Both lampooning and lamenting the march of multiculturalism, the various vignettes skirt over the family saga, pausing only to chart wedding planner Vijay Raaz's growing infatuation with maid Tilotama Shome. It celebrates the wisps of tradition that hold Indian society together while also exposing the less wholesome facets, and Nair draws vigorous performances from an impeccable ensemble cast and bathes the action in an irresistible Holly/Bollywood glow.

    • Radio Times
  • "...An energetic and amusing drama about the power of love to make things whole....MONSOON WEDDING has an engaging warmth and an effortless sense of life..."

    • Los Angeles Times
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  • 9 out of 9 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    thoroughly enjoyable

    The spirit of indian wedding is captured in all its glory, glitz and glamour. this without loosing the reality touch. The director Mira Nair was visibly jubilant when she was talking about her film in the Extras section of the DVD. Films made with such passion never fail to enthuse the viewers.

      • Arun from Liverpool, UK
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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    A lovely film

    This is a lovely film. It's very touching and well made. It's definitely worth a watch. Heart warming.

      • A customer from East Anglia
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    • Monsoon Wedding
      Combining traditional ideas of marriage and family with the realities of modern life, MONSOON WEDDING is a lighthearted film from director Mira Nair (SALAAM BOMBAY!). The majority of the film takes place inside the home of an extended Punjabi family living in New Delhi who has gathered together for ...