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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	Vijay Raaz, Tilotama Shome, Vasundhara Das, Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Director	Mira Nair
Genres	Drama

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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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- - 11
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  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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- 99801
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Arun
  - Liverpool, UK
  - 04 May 2005 at 22:34
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- - 0
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  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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- 1049726
- - Zap
  - 17 reviews
  - Lincolnshire, England
  - 10 Oct 2011 at 10:46
- - 0
  - 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
  - 74 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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- 902426
- - dumbolives
  - 269 reviews
  - Shetland
  - 01 Jul 2010 at 08:19
- - 0
  - 0
  Indian family wedding chaos
  
  the film describes the hectic preparations and gathering of extended family for a traditional indian wedding
  
  There are some darker moments though as ... read more »
  
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- 891749
- - maddox
  - 79 reviews
  - winchester
  - 16 May 2010 at 14:04
- - 0
  - 0
  Not a bollywood Movie
  
  If you love Indian movie for their dancing and singing performance and their predicatble love story wit twist and turns, this is not a movie for you. It is a ... read more »
  
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- - egogaal
  - 3 reviews
  - London
  - 07 Jun 2009 at 12:48
- - 0
  - 0
  Monsoon Wedding
  
  In its time this was probably a pretty good film. A few people had mentioned it being a 'Great' film in the past and even fairly recently. The problem ... read more »
  
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- - Sheopi
  - 3 reviews
  - London
  - 12 Feb 2009 at 18:40
- - 0
  - 0
  Simply Wonderful
  
  Really catches the atmosphere - love plot and sub plot - visually appealing and emotionally satisfying. Do not miss this film
  
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- - a customer
  - Norwich
  - 17 Jan 2009 at 18:19
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  Monsoon Wedding
  
  Good film, plenty of good actors and good acting.
  
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  - Staines
  - 12 Jan 2009 at 22:34
- - 0
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  Monsoon Wedding
  
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  A jolly romp which, like most Bollywood films, contains a lot of music and dancing. The music is fine but the dancing is univentive and rather like the disco ... read more »
  
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  - Poole
  - 24 Dec 2008 at 11:07
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  Not one of the best films
  
  Not one of the best films Ive ever seen, couldnt watch it till the end
  
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- - a customer
  - Manchester
  - 04 Dec 2008 at 23:38
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- - 11
  - 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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- 99801
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Arun
  - Liverpool, UK
  - 04 May 2005 at 22:34
- - 9
  - 1
  Brilliant!
  
  Most enjoyable movie I've seen in ages - a rich tapestry of life that can't fail to entertain (and confuse). I just about figured out the family ... read more »
  
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- - Gus
  - Winchester
  - 01 Jan 2004 at 11:42
- - 6
  - 0
  Great Anglo-Indian Effort
  
  I was pleasantly suprised to see this joint venture be so refreshing and different. Compared to overated rubbish like Bend It Like Beckham this played to no ... read more »
  
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- 8833
- - a customer
  - London
  - 03 Jul 2004 at 21:22
- - 6
  - 1
  beautiful film
  
  This film is slow paced and at times a little to slow this is where it lost a mark in my book.
  
  Having said that I'm not sure it would have worked... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 12 Sep 2003 at 10:05
- - 4
  - 1
  Lovely movie
  
  This is a fabulous film to watch on a Saturday night. The cinematography is beautiful, the stories very realistic, the acting is great and it's interesting ... read more »
  
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- 1158
- - Marianthi
  - London
  - 25 Jan 2004 at 00:21
- - 4
  - 1
  A bubbly and intense classic
  
  I love this film for its humour, simplicity, colour and characters; but more so for its universal versatility. After a horrendously bleak period of over 15 odd ... read more »
  
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- - bumbolla
  - UK
  - 13 Feb 2004 at 00:19
- - 3
  - 0
  A great watch
  
  Beautifully filmed with vibrant rich colours and brilliant music, with lovely shots filmed around the streets of Delhi. This film will appeal to everyone, and ... read more »
  
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- - Charlie White
  - London, England
  - 02 Mar 2005 at 09:18
- - 3
  - 1
  A beautiful movie - a ...
  
  A beautiful movie - a mix of light fun and serious message. Very effectively conveys the festivity and mood surrounding a typical Punjabi wedding! The lack of ... read more »
  
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- - Abhi#1
  - HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
  - 12 Dec 2003 at 13:34
- - 3
  - 2
  boring
  
  watched the first 20 mins and found it so irritatingly boring that had to switch off and go and eat some raw liver!
  
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- 168151
- - a customer
  - sheffield
  - 31 Oct 2005 at 14:14
- - 2
  - 0
  Interesting movie ...
  
  Interesting movie about an arranged marriage during the Monsoon season, but there could have been more subtitles although it did not spoil the plot.
  
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- - a customer
  - FALMOUTH
  - 29 Jul 2004 at 16:51

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Critics' reviews
- "...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
- This big marquee movie - it portrays the preparations for an arranged-marriage wedding among an upper caste clan - is... read more on Time Out
- 44940
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15
- Colourful, enjoyably sprawling comedy on cross-cultural confusions among sophisticated middle-class Indian households.
- 31687
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
- "...WEDDING often has the energy of a Bollywood spectacle..."
- 10376
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- "...Nair's latest movie feels hearteningly assured..."
- 10377
- - Sight and Sound
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59

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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 ...