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Monsoon Wedding

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Original title

Monsoon Wedding

Year

2001

Running time

114 min.

Country

India

Director

Mira Nair

Screenwriter

Sabrina Dhawan

Cast

Music

Mychael Danna, Sukhwinder Singh

Cinematography

Declan Quinn

Producer

Co-production India-United States-France-Italy;

Mirabai Films, IFC Productions, Pandora Film, Paradis Films. Distributor: USA Films

Genre

Romance. Comedy | Romantic Comedy. Weddings

Synopsis

Set in New Delhi, as the Verma family prepare for their daughter's arranged marriage, the father of the bride, Lalit Verma (Shah), and his wife endure the ups and downs with their daughter Aditi (Das) preparing to marry and leave home. Although Aditi is to marry Houston engineer Hemant Rai, she's not yet over her love affair with her older (and married) ex-boss. The day before the wedding, Aditi gets cold feet, and her unmarried cousin decides to defy convention and revealing a disturbing secret she has suppressed for years. Meanwhile, through the chaos, new love affairs begin.

Awards: 2001: Nominated for los Golden Globes for Best Foreign Language

2001: Nominated BAFTA Awards: Best Film not in the English Language

2001: Venice: Golden Lion

2002: Nominated for Critics' Choice Awards: Best Foreign Language Film

2002: British Independent Film Awards (BIFA): Best Int. Ind. Film - Foreign Language

2005: Independent Spirit Awards: Producers Award (ex-aequo)

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Critics' reviews

"An optimistic and luscious film. Dhawan has created a story showing modern India in its best light and Nair brings the tale to the screen in a fresh and original way (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Emma Cochrane: Empire
"Sheer delight. An ensemble comedy-drama that recalls Robert Altman's best work."

Jonathan Foreman: New York Post
"Nair is not making a caricature out of Lalit or anyone else. She's inviting us into the inner recesses of her culture. And it's both pleasure and privilege to be one of her guests."

Desson Thomson: The Washington Post
"Delighted me like few films I've seen recently. It's a sexy, sweet, sumptuously entertaining movie"

Michael Wilmington: Chicago Tribune
"Has an engaging warmth and an effortless sense of life. It also has an instinct for the humanity and universality of situations that are comic, romantic and quite seriously dramatic"

Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times
"A feast for the eyes and ears as its story is a banquet for the heart."

Carrie Rickey: Philadelphia Inquirer
"Nair weds the colorful, musical, dramatic style of India's Bollywood filmmaking with a skillful Altman-like interweaving of five love stories"

Deborah Young: The Hollywood Reporter
"One of those joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com

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Ranking Lists Position

7 My Favorite Indian Movies (19)
94 My Top 10 Movies from 2001 (17)

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