Monsoon wedding [videorecording] / USA Films ; IFC Productions presents a Mirabai Films production of a Mira Nair film in association with Key Films, Pandora Films and Paradis Films ; writer, Sabrina Dhawan ; producers, Caroline Baron, Mira Nair ; director, Mira Nair.
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FilmPublisher number: 22284 | UniversalLanguage: enghinpan Summary language: engfrespa Publication details: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, c2002.Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0783271301
- Director of photography, Declan Quinn ; editor, Allyson C. Johnson ; music, Mychael Danna.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Following up on her controversial erotic drama Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love, Mira Nair directs this charming family drama about a very chaotic Indian wedding. Lalit Verma (Naseeruddin Shah) is a wealthy father who is trying to see that his daughter Aditi's wedding goes off without a hitch. Though familiar with Western ways, he has little patience with them and is dead set on seeing the nuptials done properly and traditionally. Disillusioned with her long time relationship with Vikram -- a man who is almost twice her age -- Aditi (Vasundhara Das) suddenly agrees to submit to an arranged marriage with Hemant, an engineer from Houston. Yet as the ceremony nears, she gets cold feet and returns to see her former lover -- even though it could spell disaster for everyone involved. Meanwhile, Aditi's comely 17-year-old cousin Ayesha is coming to terms with her blossoming sexuality and has her sights set on Rahul, another relative who is a college student in Australia. Then there is Rai -- also Aditi's cousin -- who has a shocking revelation to make. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto and Venice Film Festivals. At Venice, Monsoon Wedding won the prestigious Golden Lion award. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
Special features include: the making of "Monsoon wedding" ; feature commentary with Mira Nair ; theatrical trailer.
Director of photography, Declan Quinn ; editor, Allyson C. Johnson ; music, Mychael Danna.
Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shetty, Vijay Raaz, Tilotama Shome, Vasundhara Das, Parvin Dabas, Kulbhushan Kharbanda.
Love, lust and hope envelop an upper middle-class Indian family and their world-wide guests as they celebrate for four days the arranged marriage of their daughter to an East Indian man from Texas.
MPAA rating: R.
DVD.
English language soundtrack (5.1 Dolby digital surround or 5.1 DTS surround) ; some dialogue in Hindi or Panjabi with English subtitles ; with optional subtitles in French or Spanish ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.