Viewing: September 21,2024
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Director: Mira Nair
Cast: Vasundhara Das, Parvin Dabas, Naseeruddin Shah, Vijay Raaz
Awards: Golden Lion - Venice Film Festival
Language: English, Hindi
“One of those joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature.” – Roger Ebert
This joyous love story involves an arranged marriage between Aditi and Hemant, two modern young Indians who come from different backgrounds and who lead different lives. Nevertheless, as their two families come together for the celebration in Delhi during the onset of monsoon season, the two ultimately discover their true love for one another amid the chaotic and comical events surrounding the preparations for their grand wedding ceremony.
Mira Nair’s turn-of-the-century comedy drama was an instant international hit with critics and cinema audiences upon its debut in 2001. The film garnered a Golden Lion Award for Vasundhara Das at the Venice Film Festival, as well as winning a British Independent Film Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Monsoon Wedding has since found new life as a Broadway musical, and the film still continues to entertain audiences nearly a quarter-century after its original release.
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“A movie to fall in love by and with, a wedding to unite both the two film families and the dazzled multicultural movie audiences who watch them.” – Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
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