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Monsoon Wedding is a 2001 comedy-drama film directed by Mira Nair, writt by Sabrina Dhawan, and starring Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shah and Vasundhara Das. The story depicts romantic tanglemts during a traditional Punjabi Hindu wedding in Delhi. Dhawan wrote the first draft of the screplay in a week while in Columbia University's MFA film program.
And wt on to win the Gold Lion at the Vice International Film Festival and receive a Gold Globe Award nomination while grossing over $30 million internationally at the box office.
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The film's ctral story deals with the organisation of an ormous, chaotic, and expsive wedding that is due to take place in a modern Indian family. Lalit Verma (Naseeruddin Shah) and his wife Pimmi (Lillete Dubey) have arranged a marriage for their daughter Aditi (Vasundhara Das) to Hemant Rai (Parvin Dabas). Hemant is the son of a family frid who lives in Texas, and Aditi has only known him for a few weeks. As so oft happs in Indian culture, such a wedding means that, for one of the few times in each geration, the extded family comes together from all corners of the globe, bringing its emotional baggage along.
Lalit and Pimmi are helped with the main planning by Pimmi's sister Shashi and her husband C.L (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), who have arrived earlier from Oman. A few days before the gagemt, Tej Puri (Rajat Kapoor), Lalit's extremely wealthy brother-in-law, arrives from the U.S.. Tej is married to Lalit's sister and has helped the Verma family regain their financial footing after the Partition of India left them pniless many years ago. Tej offers to pay for Aditi's cousin, Ria Verma (Shefali Shah) to attd university in the U.S., after the family consults him for advice. Ria and her mother live with the Verma family, who took them in after the death of Ria's father. Despite his gerous offer, Ria stays away from Tej and is not comfortable in his presce.
Lalit begins expericing difficulty in paying for the final, smaller aspects of the wedding and is embarrassed wh he has to borrow money from frids and colleagues. Meanwhile, P.K. Dubey (Vijay Raaz), the ecctric wedding planner, falls in love with Alice (Tillotama Shome), the Vermas' maid. Ria grows concerned after she witnesses what appears to be Tej grooming a younger relative, t-year-old Aliya. Aditi's younger brother Varun (Ishan Nair) plans an elaborate dance for the pre-wedding party with another cousin, Ayesha (Neha Dubey), but Lalit worries that his son is becoming too effeminate and plans to sd him to boarding school. Dubey's workers see Alice trying on Aditi's wedding jewellery, and the m accuse her of stealing. The incidt causes her to become withdrawn from Dubey and he grows depressed.
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A few days before the wedding, Aditi sleeps with an old lover, her married boss Vikram; and confesses this to Hemant. The incidt only serves as a reminder to Aditi as to why she stopped seeing Vikram. Though he is initially angry, Hemant is glad for her honesty and is confidt that they can put it behind them and be happy together. The workers apologize to Alice and she reconciles with Dubey. The night before the ceremony, Varun refuses to dance due to the commts made by his father, and Ayesha performs with the help of Rahul (Randeep Hooda), Pimmi's nephew from Australia. Aditi and Hemant grow closer and they share a few intimate momts, which re-affirms their faith in the marriage. After a night of jokes, drama and dances, Ria catches Tej trying to take Aliya for a drive alone. Ria stops them from driving off and takes Aliya away from him, revealing to Lalit and others that Tej had molested her as a child. Lalit's sister does not believe her, attributing her accusations to her character and unmarried status. Emotionally distraught, Ria leaves.
The next day, Lalit pleads with Ria to return to the wedding, admitting that he can't possibly imagine what she has gone through but also saying that he can't disown Tej, since they are family. Ria is not happy but agrees to return for the sake of Aditi. Hours before the wedding, however, Lalit changes his mind and tells his sister and Tej to leave the wedding and the family home. Tej's wife insists that Ria's accusation was a small matter but Lalit stands his ground.
The Monsoon rains begin as Aditi and Hemant are married in an elaborate wedding, while Dubey and Alice simultaneously wed in a simple ceremony, and later celebrate with the Vermas. Ria moves on from her past life, and is finally able to freely joy the festivities.
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Monsoon Wedding received positive reviews from critics on release. Roger Ebert rated the film 3.5 stars out of 4 and called it “one of those joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature.”
Sandi Chaitram of BBC gave a positive review and wrote “she (Mira) successfully creates the opportunity for tse drama, which does not stifle the overall feelgood nature of the film, or impede the finale's (somewhat cheesy) confirmation of family love.”
On the review aggregator website Rott Tomatoes, 95% of 128 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8/10. The website's conssus reads: An insightful, ergetic bld of Hollywood and Bollywood styles, Monsoon Wedding is a colorful, exuberant celebration of modern-day India, family, love, and life.
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Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 77 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating gerally favorable reviews.
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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. The song Aaj Mera Ji Karda is recreated by Indian musicians Tanishk Bagchi and Arjunna Harjaie for the film Lucknow Ctral starring Farhan Akhtar.
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The movie won the Gold Lion at the Vice Film Festival. Mira Nair was the second Indian (after Satyajit Ray for Aparajito) to receive this honour.Mira Nair's 2001 Golden Lion winning film is one of the most exuberant Indian films and one that truly feels timeless in its nature
Follows the events in the large Verma family of Delhi, as their daughter Aditi (Vasundhara Das) prepares to marry Hemant (Parvin Dabas), a computer programmer from Houston, Texas. He is an NRI, who has returned to meet the bride selected by his parents for an arranged marriage. Aditi has agreed to the arranged marriage partly out of impatience. The film, among many things, is about the mixture of ancient and modern elements that holds the Verma family in their thrall.
Lalit (Naseeruddin Shah) and Pimmi (Lillete Dubey) as the couple are truly fabulous in their respective roles, with their nuances. There's also an excellent performance by Vijay Raaz, who plays the role of a wedding planner. Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Rajat Kapoor, Shefali Shah are the supporting actors, among many. Lalit is a common man, suffering both emotionally and financially, but somehow hiding it all under the notion of the 'ideal' task a father in the society has to fulfil. The former one, is reinforced expertly in a scene where he looks at her daughter sleeping, a night before the big day. Naseeruddin Shah handles these moments with a sensitive touch. The latter, is shown when he goes to borrow money from his golfing pals to keep up appearances. Towards the end, Lalit places loyalty to family above everything, breaking with the tradition to do the right thing in a painful situation.
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The inspiration from Altman films here is evident, but Mira remains true to her own vision. It was Sooraj Barjatya's 1994 film
that had opened the floodgates for similar films in India. Mira borrows from multiple films, both national and foreign, but creates something that belongs exuberantly to her. She remains truly faithful at capturing the magic and seeping beauty of an Indian wedding. Watching Monsoon Wedding 20 years later, it almost becomes impossible not to think of any possible influence it might've had on any Zoya Akhtar film.
Like most films dealing with a similar subject, there are of course side plots of romance brewing. Aditi's cousin Ayesha (Neha Dubey) is attracted to Rahul (Randeep Hooda), a visitor from Australia with an accent. The scenes between them feel intimate, with the camera emphasizing their bodies and the gazes they exchange. Meanwhile in the servants' quarters, Dube has been thunderstruck by the beauty of the Verma's family maid,
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