Monsoon Wedding (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
by Mira Nair
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Actor: Lillete Dubey, Naseeruddin Shah, Shefali Shetty, Tillotama Shome, Vijay RaazDirector: Mira Nair
Brand: Image Entertainment
Producer: Mira Nair
Producer: Caroline Baron
Producer: Caroline Kaplan
Producer: Freny Khodaiji
Producer: Jonathan Sehring
Producer: Robyn Aronstam
Writer: Sabrina Dhawan
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); English (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 114 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-10-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Criterion
Movie Reviews of Monsoon Wedding (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: A Lovely Surprise
Summary: 5 Stars
When I saw this movie on Starz for the first time, I was watching it for plot rather than content. Something compelled me to watch it again, and I loved this movie so much that I added it to my collection. Other than 2 of the main characters, the actors were virtually unknown in India when the film was made. The impression that I came away with after watching this movie was not how different people of different cultures may be, but how much we all have in common in certain circumstances. Watch it for thoughfulness and romance.
Summary of Monsoon Wedding (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
Cultures and families clash in Mira Nair's exuberant Monsoon Wedding, a mix of comedy and chaotic melodrama concerning the preparations for the arranged marriage of a modern upper-middle-class Indian family's only daughter, Aditi. Of course there are hitches-Aditi has been having an affair with a married TV host; she's never met her husband to be, who lives in Houston; the wedding has worsened her father's hidden financial troubles; even the wedding planner has become a nervous wreck-as well as buried family secrets. But Nair's celebration is ultimately joyful and cathartic: a love song to her home city of Delhi and her own Punjabi family.DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
. New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Mira Nair and director of photography Declan Quinn with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack . Audio commentary featuring Nair . Nair's short documentaries So Far from India (1983), India Cabaret (1985), and The Laughing Club of India (2001), featuring video introductions by the director . Nair's short fiction films The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat (1993), 11'09'01-September 11 (Segment: India) (2002), Migration (2007), and How Can It Be? (2008), featuring video introductions by the director . New video interview with actor Naseeruddin Shah, conducted by Nair . New video interviews with Quinn and production designer Stephanie Carroll . Theatrical trailer . New and improved English subtitle translation . PLUS: An essay by critic and travel writer Pico Iyer
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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