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Monsoon Wedding
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal Music Group
EAN: 9780783271309
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783271301
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: English (Original Language), Hindi (Original Language), Punjabi (Original Language), Urdu (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: D22284D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 24, 2002
Running Time: 115 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
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Editorial Review:
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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Ugly Ducklings Become Swans
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!
Rating: - modern Shakespeare
This film has received enough positive reviews without my adding my 2 cents. However, I would like to make the point that this movie is closer to a Shakespearean comedy than any other modern film I've seen (although I don't watch films as often as some). Although the theme of incest is darker and more serious than the gender-bending found in some of Shakespeare's plays, it is of a kind with them, I believe. The bad guy is identified without a bloodthirsty revenge seen. The servants' subplot has ... Read More
Rating: - Cultural Humor
This DVD is realy fun to watch if you like cultures other than the US. The movie does make fun of its own culture, not someone elses, that is what allows you to enjoy it. For me, I foud the couple, their weddingarrangements, and all that was going on shallow, but sometimes fun and shallow laughter is what I need to relax.
God Luck Relaxing!
Majeng
Rating:  - DVD different from original movie--?
I saw the movie in the theater twice. I just rented the dvd and I believe several scenes have been shortened from how they were in the original movie. The scenes that seemed shorter are:
Alice being caught trying on the jewelry
The wedding- the original movie showed more of the wedding ceremony. (I'm not a dumb american that can only watch a tourist version of an indian movie, so i really don't appreciate the cutting here)
scenes when the family mentor is accused of child molestation ... Read More
Rating: - Not raining on our movie
This is a fun movie. It may take place during the monsoon rains but it is
a sunny movie. Highly recommend.
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