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2001

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

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
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English, Hindi
Subtitles	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 2001 To Rent: DVD: 17 Mar 2008

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- "...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..."
- 10375
- - Los Angeles Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
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- - 9
  - 0
  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 ... read more »
  
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  - Arun
  - Liverpool, UK
  - 04 May 2005 at 22:34
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  - 0
  Families are families the world over!
  
  I enjoyed the scenes between the bride's family. They seemed like your average loving-but-mildly-dysfunctional-family.
  
  The bride was a silly, ... read more »
  
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- - Zap
  - 17 reviews
  - Lincolnshire, England
  - 10 Oct 2011 at 10:46
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  - 0
  Missed the bride
  
  So I'm writing this review on my wife's behalf - I feel asleep at the start and missed the Monsoon.
  
  But am told that this was a highly ... read more »
  
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- - Routemaster
  - 62 reviews
  - Cambridge
  - 31 Oct 2010 at 17:30
- - 0
  - 0
  It was okay
  
  Don't be mistaken into thinking this is a Bollywood film because it isn't. There is plenty of colour, music and some great characters but for me it just... read more »
  
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- - dumbolives
  - 269 reviews
  - Shetland
  - 01 Jul 2010 at 08:19
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Million Dollar Baby star Hilary Swank is set to swap her boxing gloves for pilot's goggles as she takes on the role of Amelia Earhart in a new biopic, according to industry newspaper Variety. Swank, whose also appears in current hit PS I Love You and school drama Freedom Writers, will play Earhart in the early years of her career, the paper reports. Indian director Mira Nair will be behind the camera. Her previous directing credits include Monsoon Wedding and Mississippi Masala, which starred... Read more
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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 ...