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Encyclopedia > Monsoon Wedding
Monsoon Wedding
Directed by Mira Nair
Produced by Caroline Baron, Mira Nair
Written by Sabrina Dhawan
Starring Naseeruddin Shah
Lillete Dubey
Shefali Shetty
Vijay Raaz
Tilotama Shome
Vasundhara Das
Music by Mychael Danna
Cinematography Declan Quinn
Editing by Allyson C. Johnson
Distributed by Mirabai Films, Inc. (USA)
Release date(s) Flag of Italy 30 August 2001 (premiere at Venice Film Festival)
Flag of the United Kingdom 4 January 2002
Flag of the United States 22 February 2002 (LA and NYC)
Flag of Canada 1 March 2002
Running time 114 min
Language English
Budget 7,000,000 (INR)
IMDb profile

Monsoon Wedding (Hindi: पाणिग्रहण मॉनसून) is an award-winning 2001 film directed by Mira Nair and written by Sabrina Dhawan, which depicts various romantic entanglements during a traditional Punjabi wedding in Delhi. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Mira Nair (born October 15, 1957 at Rourkela, Orissa) is an India-born, New York-based film director. ... Mira Nair (born October 15, 1957 at Rourkela, Orissa) is an India-born, New York-based film director. ... Sabrina Dhawan is an England-born Indian screenwriter, the writer of Monsoon Wedding, directed by Mira Nair and of 9. ... Naseeruddin Shah in the role of Mirza Ghalib Naseeruddin Shah aka Nasiruddin Shah (b. ... Vijay Raaz is a Bollywood Actor who appears in Bollywood Films Memsahab - Lost In A Mirage (2006) (Under Production) Ek Se Bure Do (2006) (Post-Production) Benaam (2006) (Post-Production) Bombay To Goa (2006) (Under Production) Ek Din Anjaane Mein (2006) (Stuck/On Hold) Manoranjan (2006) (Post-Production) Fool and... Hindustani Classical Ghazal Choral English Fusion Rock and Funk Spanish She often sings for the actress Preity Zinta. ... Mychael Danna is a film composer. ... Declan Quinn was born in Chicago, Illinois circa 1957, and raised in Ireland by his Irish parents; he is a brother of the actor Aidan Quinn. ... Mirabai Films is a film company founded by director Mira Nair. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... is the 242nd day of the year (243rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... The Venice Film Festival ( ) is the oldest film festival in the world. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Look up la, LA, La in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... New York, New York redirects here. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... ISO 4217 Code INR User(s) India, Bhutan Inflation 5. ... Hindi ( , Devanagari: or , IAST: , IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in northern and central India, is one of the two official languages of India, the other being English. ... For the 1968 science-fiction film and novel, see 2001: A Space Odyssey The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. ... “Moving picture” redirects here. ... Mira Nair (born October 15, 1957 at Rourkela, Orissa) is an India-born, New York-based film director. ... Sabrina Dhawan is an England-born Indian screenwriter, the writer of Monsoon Wedding, directed by Mira Nair and of 9. ... Punjabi (also Panjabi; in GurmukhÄ«, PanjābÄ« in ShāhmukhÄ«) is the language of the Punjab regions of India and Pakistan. ... For other uses, see Delhi (disambiguation). ...


Writer Sabrina Dhawan wrote the first draft of the screenplay in a week while she was at Columbia University's MFA film program.[citation needed] Monsoon Wedding earned over $20 million at the box office.[citation needed] Although it is set entirely in New Delhi, the film was an international co-production between companies in India, the United States, Italy, France and Germany.[1] Sabrina Dhawan is an England-born Indian screenwriter, the writer of Monsoon Wedding, directed by Mira Nair and of 9. ... , This article is about the urban region that is the capital of India. ... In filmmaking, an international co-production is a film made by production companies from different countries. ...

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Plot

The film's central story concerns a father, Lalit Verma (Naseeruddin Shah), who is trying to organize an enormous, chaotic and expensive wedding for his daughter, for whom he has arranged a marriage with a man she has only known for a few weeks. The bride Aditi Verma (Vasundhara Das), is nervous as she has been having an affair with her married ex-boss Vikram (Sameer Arya). The film also includes several subplots. Ria Verma (Shefali Shetty), cousin of the bride, has been abused by a trusted elderly friend of the family some years ago and steps in to prevent his abusing another young girl in the family. Wedding contractor P. K. Dubey (Vijay Raaz) falls in love with the family's maid, Alice (Tilotama Shome). The bride's brother, Varun, struggles with his family's disapproval of his longing to be a chef, a not-very highly regarded career in the Indian middle class. Ayesha, the youngest marriageable relative of the bride, flirts with cousin Rahul who has just returned from Melbourne. Naseeruddin Shah in the role of Mirza Ghalib Naseeruddin Shah aka Nasiruddin Shah (b. ... Marriage à-la-mode by William Hogarth: a satire on arranged marriages and prediction of ensuing disaster An arranged marriage is a marriage that is established before involving oneself in a lengthy courtship, and often involves the arrangement of someone other than the persons getting married. ... Monsoon Wedding (Hindi: पाणिग्रहण मॉनसून) is an award-winning 2001 film directed by Mira Nair and written by Sabrina Dhawan, which depicts various romantic entanglements during a traditional Punjabi wedding in Delhi. ... Hindustani Classical Ghazal Choral English Fusion Rock and Funk Spanish She often sings for the actress Preity Zinta. ... Ria Verma is a fictional character, and one of the major characters in the Mira Nair film Monsoon Wedding. ... Shefali Shah also known as Shefali Shetty and Shefali Chhaya is an Indian television and film actress. ... Vijay Raaz is a Bollywood Actor who appears in Bollywood Films Memsahab - Lost In A Mirage (2006) (Under Production) Ek Se Bure Do (2006) (Post-Production) Benaam (2006) (Post-Production) Bombay To Goa (2006) (Under Production) Ek Din Anjaane Mein (2006) (Stuck/On Hold) Manoranjan (2006) (Post-Production) Fool and...


Music

The film's soundtrack includes a qawalli from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, a ghazal by Farida Khanum, a modern song by Sukhwinder, an old Indian song by Rafi, a folk dance song, and a variety of other little pieces. The film includes the song "Aaj Mausam Bada Be-Imaan Hai" by Mohammed Rafi (originally from the 1973 Bollywood movie Loafer), and an Urdu ghazal, "Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo" ("Don't Be So Stubborn About Leaving Today"), sung by Pakistani artist Farida Khanum. Mohammed Rafi (Hindi: मोहम्मद रफ़ी, Urdu: محمد رفیع, December 24, 1924 – July 31, 1980) was an Indian playback singer. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Bollywood (Hindi: , Urdu: ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry in India. ... Urdu ( , , trans. ... Information in this article or section has not been verified against sources and may not be reliable. ... Farida Khanum is renowned Pakistani Ghazal singer. ...


Awards

The movie won the Golden Lion, the highest prize at the Venice Film Festival. Mira Nair was the first woman to win this award, and the second Indian (after Satyajit Ray for Aparajito). The film was also nominated for the award for Best Foreign Film at the Golden Globes. The Golden Lion (it: Leone dOro) is the name of the highest prize given to a film at the Biennale Venice Film Festival. ... The Venice Film Festival ( ) is the oldest film festival in the world. ...   (Bengali: সত্যজিত্ রায় Shottojit Rae) (May 2, 1921–April 23, 1992) was an Indian filmmaker who is widely regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. ... Aparajito (Bengali: অপরাজিত, Ôporajito, meaning The Unvanquished) is an award-winning 1956 Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...


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Preceded by
The Circle
Golden Lion winner
2001
Succeeded by
The Magdalene Sisters

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Monsoon Wedding (851 words)
MONSOON WEDDING traces five intersecting stories, each navigating different aspects of love as they cross boundaries of class, continent and morality.
MONSOON WEDDING echoes this Bollywood spirit with its vibrant score and with Ayesha's climactic dance number the night before the wedding.
MONSOON WEDDING is a celebration of the sensual pleasures of cinema, of love at any age-anytime, and of the importance of family.
CNN.com - Review: 'Monsoon Wedding' an India aria - February 22, 2002 (701 words)
In "Monsoon Wedding," we meet the Vermas, a very proper, upper-middle-class Punjabi family in Delhi, as they gather their extended relatives around them for a celebration.
In "Monsoon Wedding," Lalit (Naseeruddin Shah), the addled patriarch, is a good man who is working hard to do the right thing for his daughter, yet from the way he keeps snapping at everyone, barking frantic orders into his cell phone, it's clear that he doesn't have a clue.
"Monsoon Wedding" kicks off on a note of frenetic high bustle that takes a bit of getting used to (you have to concentrate, early on, to sort out the cousins from the in-laws from the wedding planner), but the mood of upbeat chattery chaos is infectious.
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