Monsoon Wedding (2001) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

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The romantic monsoon rains loom over New Delhi, giving occasional relief from the relentless summer heat, as the Verma family prepares for their daughter's arranged marriage. The father of the bride, Lalit Verma, and his wife Pimmi have endured the ups and downs of a traditional marriage. With their

Cast & Crew

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Mira Nair

Naseeruddin Shah

Lillete Dubey

Shefali Shetty

Vijay Raaz

Tillotama Shome

Film Details

Also Known As

Delhi.com, Le Mariage des moussons, Mariage des moussons, Le, Monsunbröllop, boda del monzón, La

MPAA Rating

Genre

Comedy

Romance

Romantic Comedy

Release Date

2001

Production Company

Abelcine; Arri Group; Arte; Arte France Cinéma; D R Reiff & Associates; Duart Film And Video; Eastman Kodak; Focus Features; Key Films; Mirabai Films; Noelle Penraat Incorporated; Pandora Films; Paradis Films; Planet 10 Post; Reiff & Associates; Sound One

Distribution Company

USA Films; 20th Century Fox International; Film4 Productions; Italia Films; Key Films; Les Films De L'Elysee; Lev Films; Monopole Pathe Films Ag; Myndform; OcTan Films; PathT International; Pathe Image; Polyfilm Verleih Gmbh; Prokino Filmverleih Gmbh; SF Studios; SF Studios; Sf; Shaw Organization; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment; Usa Films; Vertigo Films (Spain)

Location

Italy; New Delhi, India

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 54m

Synopsis

The romantic monsoon rains loom over New Delhi, giving occasional relief from the relentless summer heat, as the Verma family prepares for their daughter's arranged marriage. The father of the bride, Lalit Verma, and his wife Pimmi have endured the ups and downs of a traditional marriage. With their daughter Aditi preparing to marry and leave home, the Vermas seek comfort in their shared history. Aditi is to marry Houston engineer Hermant Rai, though she's not yet over her love affair with her older (and married) ex-boss. The day before the wedding, Aditi gets cold feet. Observing the bride's apprehension, unmarried cousin Ria Verma begins to assert herself to her family, defying convention and revealing a disturbing secret she has suppressed for years. Another cousin, the teenaged Ayesha Verma, begins a steamy flirtation with Rahul Chadha, a Sydney college student who has returned to India after years away. Meanwhile, the mobile contractor for the wedding is smitten by Verma's young maid, Alice.

Director

Mira Nair

Cast

Naseeruddin Shah

Lillete Dubey

Shefali Shetty

Vijay Raaz

Tillotama Shome

Vasundhara Das

Parvin Dabas

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Kamini Khanna

Rajat Kapoor

Neha Dubey

Kemaya Kidwai

Ishaan Nair

Randeep Hooda

Roshan Seth Obe

Soni Razdan

Sameer Arya

Rahul Vohra

Natasha Rastogi

Vimla Bhushan

Ira Pandey

Dibyendu Bhattacharya

Deepak Kumar Bandhu

Pankaj Jha

Mohini Mathur

Sharda Desohras

Pk Dube'S Mother

Rumaan Kdwai

Sahira Nair

Urvashi Nair

Ram Kapoor

Jas Arora

Rajiv Gupta

Shubro Bhattacharya

Rajeev Suri

Vikram Nair

Rajeev Bal

Raman Chawla

Talk Show Panelist No 1

Milan Moudgill

Talk Show Panelist No 2

Himani Dehlvi

Talk Show Panelist No 3

Nishi Singh Bhadli

Neelu Khanna

Talk Show Assistant

Motilal Khare

Paritosh Sand

Ambar B Capoor

Inderjit Singh

Man--Foxtrotting Couple

Reena Singh

Woman Foxtrotting Couple

Madan Bala Sindhu

Feature Punjabi Singer

Nilambari Chintamani

One Of The Tuppa Girls

Gita Chopra

One Of The Tuppa Girls

Priya Chopra

One Of The Tuppa Girls

Sabrina Dhawan

One Of The Tuppa Girls

Rimlu Gyani

One Of The Tuppa Girls

Mitva Krishen

One Of The Tuppa Girls

Jyotsana Laroiya

One Of The Tuppa Girls

Lavanya Prabhu

One Of The Tuppa Girls

Veetu Mehta

One Of The Tuppa Girls

Aparna Sarin

One Of The Tuppa Girls

Chitvan Singh

One Of The Tuppa Girls

Sonali Singh

One Of The Tuppa Girls

Rakesh Chaurasia

Crew

Rich Abel

Deepak Advani

Shammi Ahmed

Liaqat Ali

Wardrobe Assistant

Maqsood Ali

Electrician & Grip

Sabir Ali

Wardrobe Assistant

Robyn Aronsam

Script Supervisor

Robyn Aronstam

Associate Producer

Lalit Arora

Rohit Bal

Adam M Balasaheb

Electrician & Grip

Deepak Kumar Bandhu

Song ("Aankhon Hi Aankhon Mein Ishara Ho Gaya")

Yuvraj Bansode

Ulhas Bapat

Caroline Baron

Naresh Bedi

Dp/Cinematographer

Naresh Bedi

2nd Unit Director Of Photography (2nd Unit)

Braden Belmonte

Devika Bhagat

Arjun Bhasin

Costume Designer

Zarina Bhasin

Sarah Bicknell

Post-Production Assistant

Bim Bissell

Monsoon Bissell

1st Assistant Director

Kris Boden

Barry Alexander Brown

Editorial Consultant

R D Burman

Song ("Chura Liya")

Stephanie Carroll

Production Designer

Dhruv Chawla

Set Production Assistant

Pierre Chevalier

Special Thanks (Arte)

Sunil Chlabra

Luann Claps

Hair & Make-Up Design

Ted Clark

Ajae Clearway

Assistant Sound Editor

Ryan Collison

Jean-francois Cornu

Uma Da Cunha

Mychael Danna

Song Producer ("Aaj Mera Jee Kardaa")

Mychael Danna

Mychael Danna

Dahoud Darien

Song Performer ("The Lie")

Dahoud Darien

Sunil Das

Balaram Dawande

Electrician & Grip

David Dawkins

Himani Dehlvi

Wardrobe Supervisor

Varsha Dewan

Location Manager

Vineet Dewan

Art Department Assistant

Doctor & Mrs I K Dhawan

Sabrina Dhawan

Tigmanshu Dhulia

Anna Dinuovo

1st Assistant Editor

Dan Fulton

Apprentice Sound Editor

Tanay Gajjar

Ian Galloway

Selva Ganesh

Steve Garfinkel

Emily Gerdiner

Production Coordinator

Nan Goldin

U Shahul Hameed

Adr Engineer (Bombay)

Dustin Hudson

Dolby Sound Consultant

Jessica Huppert-berman

Production Supervisor

Charlie Huser

Ikrar Hussein

Paul Intson

Shernaz Italia

Susan Jacobs

Samar Jodha

Vijay Jodha

Assistant (To Director Of Photobraphy)

Barry John

Casting Consultant

Allyson C Johnson

Allyson C Johnson

Joey Johson

Joey Johson

Song Performer ("Nice Guys Finish First")

Nasreen Kabir

Zsolt Kadar

1st Assistant Camera

Aruna Narayan Kalle

Caroline Kaplan

Executive Producer

Geeta Kapoor

Assistant Choreographer

Jagdish Kapur

Urmilla Kapur

Farah Khan

Islamuddin Khan

Location Assistant

Liyaqat Ali Khan

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Song Arranger ("Allah Hoo (Traditional)")

Rasool Khan

Electrician & Grip

Farida Khanum

Song Performer ("Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo")

Ramzan Bachu Khawra

Madhukar Khera

Freny Khodaiji

Iqbal Kidwai

Production Manager

Naina Kidwai

Rashid Kidwai

Rumaan Kidwai

Set Production Assistant

Dan Kleinman

Dan Korintus

Neeru Kumar

Prakash Maruti Lad

Makeup (For Naseeruddin Shah)

Malaika Langa

Audio Post Coordinator

Kevin Lee

Dialogue Editor

Lisa J Levine

Patrick Lindenmaier

Andrew Lockington

Anu Malik

Song ("Chunair Chunari")

Mahmood Mamdani

Paola Manfredi

Annie M Mathews

Production Coordinator (New Delhi)

Ashish Maurya

Still Photographer

Prakash Mehra

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Special Thanks To

Jessica Milhollin

Assistant (To Mira Nair)

Anuradha Mishra

Original Song Performer ("Fabric")

Sadruddin Jiva Mistry

Henri Morelle

Stefan Morelle

Sarah Morton

Post-Production Assistant

Milan Moudgill

Still Photographer

Shubha Mudgal

Jean-paul Mugel

G D Murthi

Accountant (New Delhi)

Amrit Nair

Gautam Nair

Mira Nair

Praveen Nair

Sahira Nair

Art Department Assistant

Shefali Nair

Vikram Nair

Vivek Narang

Vivek Narang

Brij Narayan

Aki Narula

Bill Nisselson

Heather Norton

Nicholas Page

Devika Pandit

Female Vocalist

Asheesh Pandya

Sound Assistant

Anjali Panjabi

1st Assistant Director

Ashwini Parulkar

Iyengar Yoga Teacher

Preeti Paul

Priya Paul

Shirin Paul

Purnima Phansalkar

Set Production Assistant

Lydia Pilcher

Anup Poddar

Accounting Assistant

Kishan Poruva

Genny Assistant

Jerome Poynton

Sapnis Pradhan

Genny Assistant

Rajesh Pratap

Midival Pundtiz

Song Performer ("Fabric")

Ayesha Punvani

Laxmikant Pyarelal

Song ("Aaj Mausam Bada Beiman Hai")

Declan Quinn

Director Of Photography

Declan Quinn

Dp/Cinematographer

Mohammed Rafi

Song Performer ("Aaj Mausam Bada Beiman Hai")

Eva Rais

Moti Ram

Malini Ramani

Gajraj Rao

Kiran Rao

Second 2nd Assistant Director

Sonjoy Roy

Kamlesh Sadrani

Bally Sagoo

Song; Song Producer ("Chura Liya" "Aaja Nachle")

Anureeta Saigal

Production Coordinator (New Delhi)

Sameer

Song ("Chunari Chunari")

Samanthan Kochar Sapru

Key Hairstylist

Ashok Kumar Sarade

Electrician & Grip

Christa Saredi

International Sales Agent (Orfeo Films International)

Shreya Sawhney

Extras Casting Assistant

Ruedi Schick

Ruedi Schick

Manav Sehgla

Assistant (To Production Manager)

Jonathan Sehring

Executive Producer

Abhinandan Sekhri

Set Production Assistant

G V Sethi

Rohit Sethi

Accountant (Mirabai Films)

Rajesh Setia

Dileep Shankar

Amit Sharma

Set Production Assistant

Sujata Sharma

Costume Supervisor

Warren Shaw

Dialogue Editor

Michael Shea

1st Assistant Director

George Sheanshang Esq.

Anuradha Shriram

Song Performer ("Chunair Chunari")

Madan Bala Sindhu

Song Performer ("Baagaan Di Mehndi" "Madhorama Pencha")

Chanda Singh

Madan Gopal Singh

Pervinder Singh

Location Assistant

Pia Singh

Prem Singh

Production Runner

Prem Singh

Sukhwinder Singh

Original Song; Song ("Aaj Mera Jee Kardaa")

Abderrahmane Sissako

Nuria Sitja

Ayesha Sood

Assistant Art Director

Vishal Sood

Paul P Soucek

Sound Effects Editor

Jennifer Stuart

2nd Assistant Camera

M Sultanpuri

Song ("Chura Liya")

Baban Ganpath Tambe

Electrician & Grip

Loveleen Tandan

2nd Assistant Director

Film Details

Also Known As

Delhi.com, Le Mariage des moussons, Mariage des moussons, Le, Monsunbröllop, boda del monzón, La

MPAA Rating

Genre

Comedy

Romance

Romantic Comedy

Release Date

2001

Production Company

Abelcine; Arri Group; Arte; Arte France Cinéma; D R Reiff & Associates; Duart Film And Video; Eastman Kodak; Focus Features; Key Films; Mirabai Films; Noelle Penraat Incorporated; Pandora Films; Paradis Films; Planet 10 Post; Reiff & Associates; Sound One

Distribution Company

USA Films; 20th Century Fox International; Film4 Productions; Italia Films; Key Films; Les Films De L'Elysee; Lev Films; Monopole Pathe Films Ag; Myndform; OcTan Films; PathT International; Pathe Image; Polyfilm Verleih Gmbh; Prokino Filmverleih Gmbh; SF Studios; SF Studios; Sf; Shaw Organization; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment; Usa Films; Vertigo Films (Spain)

Location

Italy; New Delhi, India

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 54m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Nominated for the 2002 award for Best Foreign Film by the Broadcast Film Critics Association.

Winner of the Golden Lion Award for Best Picture at the 2001 Venice International Film Festival.

Released in United States Winter February 22, 2002

Released in United States March 1, 2002

Expanded Release in United States April 19, 2002

Released in United States on Video September 24, 2002

Released in United States 2001

Released in United States November 2001

Released in United States January 2002

Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Venice 58 - in competition) August 29 - September 8, 2001.

Shown at London Film Festival (Evening Standard Film on the Square) November 7-22, 2001.

Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (Opening Night) January 10-21, 2002.

Began shooting August 2000.

Completed shooting September 2000.

Released in United States Winter February 22, 2002

Released in United States March 1, 2002 (Los Angeles)

Expanded Release in United States April 19, 2002

Released in United States on Video September 24, 2002

Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Venice 58 - in competition) August 29 - September 8, 2001.)

Released in United States November 2001 (Shown at London Film Festival (Evening Standard Film on the Square) November 7-22, 2001.)

Released in United States January 2002 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (Opening Night) January 10-21, 2002.)

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