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| Monsoon Wedding | 
 enlarge | Director: Mira Nair
Actors: Naseeruddin Shah, Tilotama Shome, Parvin Dabas, Lillete Dubey, Neha Dubey
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  145 reviews
Sales Rank: 2725
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Hindi (Original Language), Punjabi (Original Language), Urdu (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 115
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D22284D
ISBN: 0783271301
UPC: 025192228421
EAN: 9780783271309
ASIN: B00006AW0I
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
Release Date: September 24, 2002
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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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 modern Shakespeare July 3, 2008
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 about the same relation to the whole you would expect in Shakespeare. The humor is spontaneous and doesn't warp the characters, and at the end of the film, you feel you've watched something original that is affirmative, yet not manipulative. Highly recommended. I suppose the actual dialog won't appeal as much as the Bard's to those with a critical mindset, but for the rest of us who have just enjoyed ourselves, this film is a great experience.
Cultural Humor May 31, 2008
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
 DVD different from original movie--? May 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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
Not raining on our movie April 17, 2008
This is a fun movie. It may take place during the monsoon rains but it is
a sunny movie. Highly recommend.
Definitely a Treasure March 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of those rare and marvellous films that captures all the color, sound, craziness, and nonstop activity that is India. You try to take it in, and you do laugh. Then you get hit by scenes so moving and powerful, dramatic or romantic, that you're simply blown away. Perhaps it comes at you unexpectedly in such a setting. But this is definitely a film that I, self-proclaimed redneck out of rural North Carolina, will watch repeatedly.
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