Monsoon Wedding
10,566
Romance. Comedy
Set in New Delhi, as the Verma family prepare for their daughter's arranged marriage, the father of the bride, Lalit Verma (Shah), and his wife endure the ups and downs with their daughter Aditi (Das) preparing to marry and leave home. Although Aditi is to marry Houston engineer Hemant Rai, she's not yet over her love affair with her older (and married) ex-boss. The day before the wedding, Aditi gets cold feet, and her unmarried cousin ... [+]
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United States | New York Post |
"Sheer delight. An ensemble comedy-drama that recalls Robert Altman's best work." |
POS |
United Kingdom | Empire | "An optimistic and luscious film. Dhawan has created a story showing modern India in its best light and Nair brings the tale to the screen in a fresh and original way (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" | POS |
United States | The Washington Post | "Nair is not making a caricature out of Lalit or anyone else. She's inviting us into the inner recesses of her culture. And it's both pleasure and privilege to be one of her guests." | POS |
United States | Chicago Tribune | "Delighted me like few films I've seen recently. It's a sexy, sweet, sumptuously entertaining movie" | POS |
United States | Los Angeles Times | "Has an engaging warmth and an effortless sense of life. It also has an instinct for the humanity and universality of situations that are comic, romantic and quite seriously dramatic" | POS |
United States | Philadelphia Inquirer | "A feast for the eyes and ears as its story is a banquet for the heart." | POS |
United States | The Hollywood Reporter | "Nair weds the colorful, musical, dramatic style of India's Bollywood filmmaking with a skillful Altman-like interweaving of five love stories" | POS |
United States | rogerebert.com | "One of those joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)" | POS |
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