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Monsoon Wedding
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Product Description
Two families from different cultures come together for an arranged marriage in new delhi during the monsoon season. Between a stressed-out father a bride with a burning passion for someone else and a wedding planner with her own agenda forget the rain itll be a miracle if the wedding happens. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 04/12/2005 Starring: Naseeruddin Shah Parvin Dabas Run time: 114 minutes Rating: R Director: Mira Nair
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Monsoon Wedding is a return to form for Mira Nair, director of 1988's Salaam Bombay! Nair's gift for observation of the everyday and her love for her characters make for a delightful film, which spins a web of family relationships that knit and break during a wedding at a perfect pace. The excellent performances exceed the often stereotypical roles on offer (including the incomparable Nasiruddin Shah as the harassed father, Kulbhushan Kharbanda as the comic uncle, and Shefali Chaya as the orphaned cousin). Nair's sympathetic eye for the unnoticed and the harassed is at its best with the tender romance between the servant and Dube (Vijay Raaz), the marigold-munching, upwardly mobile wedding coordinator, who brings pathos and humor to the often unseen servant classes. The handheld camera gives a docudrama feel to this celebratory look at the upper-middle-class Hindu Punjabi joint family, while paying tribute to modern Indian public culture of music, television, and, of course, "Bollywood." --Rachel Dwyer
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Monsoon Wedding
- DVD: 0 pages (2002-09-24)
- Publisher: Universal Studios
- Label: Universal Studios
- Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shetty, Vijay Raaz, Tillotama Shome
- Director: Mira Nair
- Encoding: Region 1
- Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1,
- Rated: R (Restricted)
- Studio: Universal Studios
- DVD Release Date: 2002-09-24
- Run Time: 114
- ISBN: 0783271301
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 212 reviews
- Sales Rank in DVD: #4016
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Summary: One of the best movies ever 2008-11-09
Comment: This is one of my all-time favorite movies. It has everything. And while at times it deals with important issues, it's never too heavy for too long. It's a movie about seeing life as it is, and enjoying it as much as you can!
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Summary: Monsoon Wedding 2008-08-19
Comment: This movie is a beautifully written and directed love story. Mira Nair created this colorful and magical 5 love stories within one. Give insight to a .com arranged punjabi wedding. I would reccomend it to anyone. I was actually instructed to watch this movie for a cross culture film class and was quite suprised on how much I enjoyed this movie. It is now one of my favorites! Watch it, you won't be disappointed.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: slow, boring, poor, and nothing like to "Bride & Prejudice" 2008-08-05
Comment: Slow moving, boring, and generally a poor movie.
Deals with some sad aspects of Indian life (though not uncommon world-wide) but does not really address the issues in a useful way.
This was recommended after we purchased Bride & Prejudice, but it was nothing even close to the quality of story - a disappointing buy, we threw it away.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Received bootleg version of DVD 2008-07-25
Comment: Have not watched this DVD because it is obviously a recorded version. Not an original DVD.
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Summary: Ugly Ducklings Become Swans 2008-07-13
Comment: It's good to read Mahatma Ghandi and go to a curry house afterward, because the movie is a very India take on coming of age, with curious weddings, breakoffs, and engagements on the side. Completely Victorious!
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