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Monsoon Wedding (2002)

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Reviews Counted:106

Fresh:100

Rotten:6

Average Rating:7.9/10

Consensus: Monsoon Wedding is a colorful, exuberant celebration of modern-day India, family, love, and life.

Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Feb 22, 2002 Limited

Box Office: $13,708,817

Synopsis: 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... 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. [More]

Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Vasundhara Das, Parveen Dabaas

Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Vasundhara Das, Parveen Dabaas, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Kamini Khanna, Shefali Shetty, Vijay Raaz, Tilotama Shome, Rajat Kapoor, Neha Dubey, Randeep Hooda, Sameer Arya, Soni Razdan

Director: Mira Nair

Director: Mira Nair
Screenwriter: Sabrina Dhawan
Producer: Caroline Baron, Mira Nair
Composer: Mychael Danna
Studio: USA Films

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01/06/02
Guardian [UK]

Director Mira Nair pulls together the Indian diaspora in this energetic, charming and occasionally chilling slice of Punjabi life.

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02/21/02
E! Online
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03/15/02
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03/24/02
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12/30/06
Empire Magazine

Una delicia, una cinta obligada y algo de lo mejor que se ha visto en mucho tiempo.

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10/08/02
Alex Ramirez
Alex Ramirez
Cinenganos
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12/15/03
Alexander Walker
Alexander Walker
This is London

Provides a visually dazzling and deeply affectionate glimpse of the tensions and traditions that animate much of modern Indian life.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
03/08/02
Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post

an outpouring of joyousness

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
02/21/02
Arthur Lazere
Arthur Lazere
culturevulture.net

Nair achieves her usual level of dramatic competence.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
03/22/02
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
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With this movie, [Nair] seems to have gotten every atom of her cosmopolitan sensibility onto the screen in one chaotic but cogent swirl of influences.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
03/01/02
Bob Strauss
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

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03/10/02
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
Modamag.com

Funny, smart, perceptive, troubling and ultimately joyous.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
03/19/02
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

Even if you think New Delhi is a long way away, the people in this intimate movie are as close to us as family.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
03/01/02
Bruce Kirkland
Bruce Kirkland
Jam! Movies

Nair ... in crafting an enchanting movie about a modern Indian family, fills the screen with blooming marigolds, blossoming romances and sizzling dance scenes thrown in just for the heck of it.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
03/08/02
Carla Meyer
Carla Meyer
San Francisco Chronicle
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delightfully rendered

Full Review Source: AboutFilm.com | comment Comment
02/28/02
Carlo Cavagna
Carlo Cavagna
AboutFilm.com

A feast for the eyes and ears as its story is a banquet for the heart.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
03/07/02
Carrie Rickey
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer
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This eye-popping Indian wedding comedy is a guaranteed art-house hit. Too bad it misses all the good jokes.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
02/21/02
Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor
Salon.com

This is a gorgeous film - vivid with color, music and life. Delight your senses and crash this wedding!

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
06/07/02
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