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refimprove|date=November 2008Infobox Film|name = Monsoon Wedding|image = Monsoon_Wedding_poster.jpg|image caption = Movie poster|director = Mira Nair |writer = Sabrina Dhawan |starring = Naseeruddin Shah
Lillete Dubey
Shefali Shah
Vasundhara Das
Vijay Raaz
Tillotama Shome |music = Mychael Danna |producer = Caroline Baron
Mira Nair |editing = Allyson C. Johnson|cinematography = Declan Quinn |studio = Mirabai Films |distributor = USA Films |released = August 30, 2001
(premičre at Venice Film Festival|Venice )|runtime = 114 min|language = English language|English , Hindi , Punjabi language|Punjabi |budget = United States dollar|US$ 1,200,000 http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2002/MONSN.php budget| gross = United States dollar|US$ 30,787,356 cite web|title=Monsoon Wedding|url= http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/? id=monsoonwedding.htm|publisher=Box Office Mojo|accessdate=18 June 2011 Monsoon Wedding is a 2001 film directed by Mira Nair and written by Sabrina Dhawan , which depicts romantic entanglements during a traditional Punjabi culture|Punjabi wedding in Delhi .

Writer Sabrina Dhawan wrote the first draft of the screenplay in a week while she was at Columbia University 's MFA film program.cite book|last=Muir|first=John Kenneth|title=Mercy in her eyes: the films of Mira Nair|year=2006|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=1-55783-649-3|pages=166–7 Monsoon Wedding earned just above $30 million at the box office. 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 . http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265343/companycredits Monsoon Wedding Company Credits The film won the Golden Lion award and received a Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award nomination. A musical based on the film is currently in development and is scheduled to premiere on Broadway theatre|Broadway in 2011.cite web |url= http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/on-a-musical-note/565663/|title= On a Musical Note |author= Debesh Bannerjee |date= 11 January 2010 |work= Indian Express|accessdate=12 January 2010

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 marriage|arranged a marriage with a man she has known for only a few weeks ( Parvin Dabas as Hemant Rai). As so often happens in the Punjabi culture, such a wedding means that, for one of the few times each generation, the whole family comes together from all corners of the globe including India, Australia, Oman and the United States.

It is a story set in the modern upper-middle class of India, where telecommunications and a western lifestyle mix with old traditions, like the arranged wedding young Aditi accepts when she ends a current affair. The groom is an Indian living in Texas, and all relatives from both families, some from distant places like Australia, come to New Delhi during the monsoon season to attend the wedding. The four-day arrangements and celebrations will see clumsy organization, family parties and drama, dangers to the happy end of the wedding, and lots of music.

Cast


  • Naseeruddin Shah as Lalit Verma

  • Lillete Dubey as Pimmi Verma

  • Shefali Shah as Ria Verma

  • Vijay Raaz as Parabatlal Kanhaiyalal 'P.K.' Dubey

  • Tillotama Shome as Alice

  • Vasundhara Das as Aditi Verma

  • Parvin Dabas as Hemant Rai

  • Kulbhushan Kharbanda as C.L. Chadha

  • Kamini Khanna as Shashi Chadha

  • Rajat Kapoor as Tej Puri

  • Randeep Hooda as Rahul Chadha

  • Roshan Seth as Mohan Rai

  • Soni Razdan as Saroj Rai

  • Jas Arora as Umang Chadha

  • Natasha Rastogi as Sona Verma

  • Neha Dubey as Ayesha Verma


    • Family tree



    familytree/startfamilytree |||||||||||)|-|-|.|||||||)|-|-|-|.||-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|.||-|-|-|-|-|-|-|.||familytree||||Shashi|~|y|~|CL| |Pimmi|~|y|~|Lalit| |LalitB|~|y|~|Veema| |Uday|~|y|~|Sona| |Vijaya|~|y|~|Tej||Shashi=Shashi Chadha|CL=C.L. Chadha|Pimmi=Pimmi Verma|Lalit=Lalit Verma|LalitB=Surinder Verma (deceased)|Veema=Veema Verma|Uday=Uday Verma|Sona=Sona Verma|Vijaya=Vijaya Puri|Tej=Tej Purifamilytree ||||||||)|-|.||||||||)|-|-|-|-|.|||||||||||||||)|-|-|-|.|familytree ||||||Umang||Rahul||Hemant|~|Aditi||Varun|||Ria|||||||Ayesha||Aliya||Umang=Umang Chadha|Rahul=Rahul Chadha|Hemant=Hemant Rai|Aditi=Aditi Verma|Varun=Varun Verma|Ria=Ria Verma|Ayesha=Ayesha Verma|Aliya=Aliya Vermafamilytree/end

    Soundtrack


    The soundtrack includes a qawwali by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan , a ghazal by Farida Khanum , a Punjabi song by Sukhwinder Singh , an old Indian song by Rafi, a folk dance song.
    The film includes an Urdu ghazal, Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo (Don't Be So Stubborn About Leaving Today) sung by Pakistani artist Farida Khanum .

    tracklist| all_music = Mychael Danna (except where listed)
    | music_credits = yes
    | title1 = Feels Like Rain
    | length1 = 0:28
    | title2 = Aaj Mera Jee Kardaa Today My Heart Desires| note2 = Performed by Sukhwinder Singh
    | music2 = Sukhwinder Singh
    | length2 = 5:11
    | title3 = Baraat
    | length3 = 2:12
    | title4 = Aaj Mausam Bada Beimann Hai (*) Today The Weather Plays Tricks On Me| note4 = Performed by Mohammed Rafi
    | music4 = Laxmikant-Pyarelal (*)
    | length4 = 3:20
    | title5 = Your Good Name
    | length5 = 3:38
    | title6 = Delhi.com
    | length6 = 1:41
    | title7 = Fuse Box
    | length7 = 2:31
    | title8 = Mehndi / Madhorama Pencha
    | note8 = Performed by Madan Bala Sindhu
    | length8 = 3:26
    | title9 = Banished
    | length9 = 0:52
    | title10 = Good Indian Girls
    | length10 = 3:41
    | title11 = Fabric / Aaja Savariya
    | note11 = Performed by MIDIval Punditz
    | length11 = 3:01
    | title12 = Allah Hoo
    | note12 = Performed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
    | length12 = 4:39
    | title13 = Hold Me, I'm Falling
    | length13 = 2:57
    | title14 = Love and Marigolds
    | length14 = 2:45
    | title15 = Chunari Chunari (**)
    | note15 = Performed by Abhijeet Bhattacharya|Abhijeet and Anuradha Sriram
    | music15 = Anu Malik (**)
    | length15 = 4:08
    | title16 = Aaja Nachle
    | note16 = Performed by Bally Sagoo feat. Hans Raj Hans
    | music16 = Bally Sagoo
    | length16 = 3:40
    | title17 = Aaj Mera Jee Kardaa - (Zimpala remix)
    | length17 = 4:56
    | title18 = Fuse Box - Alex Kid's Dub Remix
    | length18 = 6:14
    | title19 = Fuse Box - Julio Black Remix
    | length19 = 3:03


  • (*) Originally featured in the Hindi film Loafer (1973 film)|Loafer (1973)

  • (**) Originally featured in the Hindi film Biwi No.1 (1999)


    • Awards


    The movie won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival . Mira Nair was the second India n (after Satyajit Ray for Aparajito ) to receive this honour.

    Won



  • British Independent Film Award for Best Foreign Language Film

  • Canberra International Film Festival - Audience Award ( Mira Nair )

  • Independent Spirit Awards - Producers Award (Caroline Baron)

  • Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion ( Mira Nair )

  • Venice Film Festival - Laterna Magica Prize ( Mira Nair )


    • Nominated



  • BAFTA Award for Best Film|BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Caroline Baron, Mira Nair )

  • Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film

  • Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film|Chlotrudis Award for Best Cast

  • Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film|Chlotrudis Award for Best Director ( Mira Nair )

  • European_Film_Awards#Non-European_Film_-_Prix_Screen_International|European Film Award for Best Non-European Film ( Mira Nair )

  • Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film

  • Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Foreign Language Film

  • Satellite Award for Best Foreign Language Film


    • References


    Reflist

    External links


  • official website| http://monsoonwedding.indiatimes.com/

  • Amg movie|254705

  • mojo title|id=monsoonwedding|title=Monsoon Wedding

  • imdb title|0265343

  • http://culturazzi.org/review/cinema/monsoon-wedding-mira-nair Review of Monsoon Wedding


    • Mira NairThe Golden Lion 1990–2009
    Category:2001 films
    Category:English-language Indian films
    Category:2000s romantic comedy films
    Category:Leone d'Oro winners
    Category:Independent films
    Category:Films set in Delhi
    Category:Films shot in Super 16
    Category:Desi films
    Category:Indian art films
    Category:2000s comedy-drama films
    Category:Films directed by Mira Nair
    Category:Screenplays by Sabrina Dhawan
    Category:Films about Indian weddings

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