Monsoon Wedding
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| Monsoon Wedding | |
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| Directed by | Mira Nair |
| Produced by | Caroline Baron Mira Nair |
| Written by | Sabrina Dhawan |
| Starring | Naseeruddin Shah Lillete Dubey Shefali Shah Vasundhara Das Vijay Raaz Tillotama Shome |
| Music by | Mychael Danna |
| Cinematography | Declan Quinn |
| Editing by | Allyson C. Johnson |
| Studio | Mirabai Films |
| Distributed by | USA Films |
| Release date(s) | August 30, 2001 (première at Venice) |
| Running time | 114 min |
| Language | English, Hindi, Punjabi |
| Budget | US$ 1,200,000 [1] |
| Box office | US$ 30,787,356 [2] |
Monsoon Wedding is a 2001 film directed by Mira Nair and written by Sabrina Dhawan, which depicts romantic entanglements during a traditional 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.[3] Monsoon Wedding earned just above $30 million at the box office.[2] 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.[4] The film won the Golden Lion award and received a Golden Globe Award nomination. A musical based on the film is currently in development and is scheduled to premiere on Broadway in April of 2014.[5]
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Plot [edit]
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, Aditi (Vasundhara Das), for whom he has 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 extended family comes together from all corners of the globe including India, Australia, Oman, and the United States, bringing its emotional baggage along.
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 [edit]
- 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
- Billa Don as Swarn Sidhu
- Ram Kapoor Cameo appearance - Chunar Chunar dance
Family tree [edit]
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Lalit’s deceased brother |
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Uday Verma |
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Soundtrack [edit]
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.
All music composed by Mychael Danna (except where listed).
| No. | Title | Music | Length | |
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| 1. | "Feels Like Rain" | 0:28 | ||
| 2. | "oh kanjara ve [you rascal]" (Performed by Sukhwinder Singh) | Sukhwinder Singh | 5:11 | |
| 3. | "Baraat" | 2:13 | ||
| 4. | "Aaj Mausam Bada Beimann Hai (*) [Today The Weather Plays Tricks On Me]" (Performed by Mohammed Rafi) | Laxmikant-Pyarelal (*) | 3:20 | |
| 5. | "Your Good Name" | 3:38 | ||
| 6. | "Delhi.com" | 1:41 | ||
| 7. | "Fuse Box" | 2:31 | ||
| 8. | "Mehndi / Madhorama Pencha" (Performed by Madan Bala Sindhu) | 3:26 | ||
| 9. | "Banished" | 0:52 | ||
| 10. | "Good Indian Girls" | 3:41 | ||
| 11. | "Fabric / Aaja Savariya" (Performed by MIDIval Punditz) | 3:01 | ||
| 12. | "Allah Hoo" (Performed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) | 4:39 | ||
| 13. | "Hold Me, I'm Falling" | 2:57 | ||
| 14. | "Love and Marigolds" | 2:45 | ||
| 15. | "Chunari Chunari (**)" (Performed by Abhijeet and Anuradha Sriram) | Anu Malik (**) | 4:08 | |
| 16. | "Aaja Nachle" (Performed by Bally Sagoo feat. Hans Raj Hans) | Bally Sagoo | 3:40 | |
| 17. | "Aaj Mera Jee Kardaa - (Zimpala remix)" | 4:56 | ||
| 18. | "Fuse Box - Alex Kid's Dub Remix" | 6:14 | ||
| 19. | "Fuse Box - Julio Black Remix" | 3:03 |
- (*) Originally featured in the Hindi film Loafer (1973)
- (**) Originally featured in the Hindi film Biwi No.1 (1999)
Awards [edit]
The movie won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Mira Nair was the second Indian (after Satyajit Ray for Aparajito) to receive this honour.
Won [edit]
- 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 [edit]
- BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Caroline Baron, Mira Nair)
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Chlotrudis Award for Best Cast
- Chlotrudis Award for Best Director (Mira Nair)
- 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 [edit]
- ^ http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2002/MONSN.php budget
- ^ a b "Monsoon Wedding". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ Muir, John Kenneth (2006). Mercy in her eyes: the films of Mira Nair. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 166–7. ISBN 1-55783-649-3.
- ^ Monsoon Wedding Company Credits
- ^ Garima Sharma (Dec 12, 2012). "Monsoon Wedding to make Broadway debut in April 2014". Retrieved 24 February 2013.
External links [edit]
- Official website
- Monsoon Wedding at AllRovi
- Monsoon Wedding at Box Office Mojo
- Monsoon Wedding at the Internet Movie Database
- Review of Monsoon Wedding
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