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Monsoon Wedding is a 2001 comedy-drama film directed by Mira Nair, written by Sabrina Dhawan, and starring Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shah and Vasundhara Das. The story depicts romantic entanglements during a traditional Punjabi Hindu wedding in Delhi. Dhawan wrote the first draft of the screenplay in a week while in Columbia University's MFA film program.[11] Although set entirely in New Delhi, it was internationally co-produced between companies in India, the United States, Italy, France and Germany.
Monsoon Wedding premiered in the March du Film section of the 2001 Cannes Film Festival[12][13] and went on to win the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival and receive a Golden Globe Award nomination while grossing over $30 million internationally at the box office.[10] A musical based on the film premiered on Broadway in April 2014.[14] In 2017, IndieWire named it the 19th best romance of the 21st century.[15]
The film's central story deals with the organisation of an enormous, chaotic, and expensive 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 friend who lives in Texas, and Aditi has only known him for a few weeks. As so often happens in Indian culture, such a wedding means that, for one of the few times in each generation, the extended 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 engagement, 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 penniless many years ago. Tej offers to pay for Aditi's cousin, Ria Verma (Shefali Shah) to attend 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 generous offer, Ria stays away from Tej and is not comfortable in his presence.
Lalit begins experiencing difficulty in paying for the final, smaller aspects of the wedding and is embarrassed when he has to borrow money from friends and colleagues. Meanwhile, P.K. Dubey (Vijay Raaz), the eccentric 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, ten-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 send him to boarding school. Dubey's workers see Alice trying on Aditi's wedding jewellery, and the men accuse her of stealing. The incident causes her to become withdrawn from Dubey and he grows depressed.
A few days before the wedding, Aditi sleeps with an old lover, her married boss Vikram; and confesses this to Hemant. The incident 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 confident 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 comments 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 moments, 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 enjoy the festivities.
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 Central starring Farhan Akhtar.
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We were now entering the last leg of the wedding Bandobust. The many silk saree shopping trips had finally taken its toll on me; by now I had memorised the number of mannequins on each of the floors in Vijayalakshmi Silks showroom on Sampige Road in Malleshwaram !
But outside the elevator there was total confusion & pandemonium. It seemed like the residents of the entire apartment block were out there - for our rescue ! So near, but yet so far ; our elevator had stalled on the 2nd floor (our destination), is what we learnt from inside our dark interiors.
I promptly got down from the car and opened the car boot. All I had in the boot was about 12 - 14 coconuts and about 2 kgs Bananas (all given by my relatives in Mysore when we went visiting them !).
A big thank you to - Adhamya Chetana who supplied all the steel tumblers, spoons and plates by which we managed to keep all plastics at bay at the wedding, including that dreaded plastic Bisleri bottles. Last, but not the least I should mention Anupama Harish (grooms mother) it was who seeded the thought of making the wedding green and silently worked to plan, coordinate and execute this to perfection.
Monsoon Wedding is a film by Indian director Mira Nair who grew up in Uganda and now lives in USA. However, Nair is above all an Indian, interested in portraying the intersection of globalization with Indian culture. And where better to see this intersection than in the family and at a family wedding in particular.
The second love affair is between P.K. Dubeyi, the wedding planner and Alice, the maid. Dubeyi and Alice are both lower caste Indians (she is a Christian). Dubeyi, however, is something of an entrepreneur, complete with cell phone, while Alice is a modest traditional girl. Nevertheless, Alice wins his heart in a most touching way. Interestingly, the lower-class marriage is more a matter of love first, then marriage. The combination of high-class and low-class characters reminds one of Shakespeare, and in the end they all join together in the final wedding celebration.
In addition to these main interactions, we see the parents trying to deal with an older son, who has become so Westernized he does not want to enter the traditional dancing, and a younger son who is effeminate and wants to grow up to be a chef. We see the mother and father fighting with each other but also consoling each other in this tense time.
Monsoon Wedding is not a Christian film. Most of the characters are Hindu, although they have been secularized to a large extent. However, even secular Indians continue to have a commitment to monogamous lifelong marriage with children, and that sets them apart from many in the West. In fact, Bollywood films are noted for their positive view of marriage and decency.
Though it was a little away on the outskirts of Bengaluru, at the first sight of Tamarind Tree we all fell for it, including Nidhi & Ashutosh (son in law ! ). We decided to turn a blind eye to the distance & booked it.
By now Charu had realised my predicament. Even before I could open my mouth to answer those dreaded questions, and to top it all - be captured in a group photograph upstairs, Charu called me aside gesturing to me something about the food arrangements. She saved my day ! Not wanting to be embarrassed any further, we soon quietly wriggled out.
I was in college then & times were very different. No Internet & WhatsApp meant that wedding invites to relatives & friends outside town were sent through post with a 2-rupee stamp. And of course, relatives & friends who lived in Bengaluru had to be invited in person.
Well 38 years later, wedding invitation rules & expectations were clear. By way of WhatsApp for most, except very close relatives and friends. But Charu & me decided to do a few trips to invite some relatives personally in Bengaluru and Mysore.
Monsoon Wedding, which came out in 2001, was an indie darling turned international box office success. Director Mira Nair has been working on a musical adaptation for nearly 15 years. Milan Moudgill hide caption
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