Monsoon Wedding

Monsoon Wedding
U.S. poster
Directed byMira Nair
Written bySabrina Dhawan
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDeclan Quinn
Edited byAllyson C. Johnson
Music byMychael Danna
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 30 August 2001 (2001-08-30) (Venice)[6]
  • 30 November 2001 (2001-11-30) (India)
Running time
113 minutes
Countries
Languages
  • Hindi
  • English[8]
BudgetUS$1.2 million[9]
Box officeUS$30.8 million[10]

Monsoon Wedding is a 2001 comedy-drama film directed by Mira Nair, written by Sabrina Dhawan, and starring Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shah and Vasundhara Das. The story depicts romantic entanglements during a traditional Punjabi Hindu wedding in Delhi. Dhawan wrote the first draft of the screenplay in a week while in Columbia University's MFA film program.[11] Although set entirely in New Delhi, it was internationally co-produced between companies in India, the United States, Italy, France and Germany.

Monsoon Wedding premiered in the Marché du Film section of the 2001 Cannes Film Festival[12][13] and went on to win the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival and receive a Golden Globe Award nomination while grossing over $30 million internationally at the box office.[10] A musical based on the film premiered on Broadway in April 2014.[14] In 2017, IndieWire named it the 19th best romance of the 21st century.[15]

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  7. ^ "Monsoon Wedding (2001)". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
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  11. ^ Muir, John Kenneth (2006). Mercy in her eyes: the films of Mira Nair. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 166–7. ISBN 1-55783-649-3.
  12. ^ "Sony Classics, USA turn up Cannes buying heat". Screen International.
  13. ^ "rediff.com US edition: Monsoon Wedding heads for the US". Rediff.com.
  14. ^ Garima Sharma (12 December 2012). "Monsoon Wedding to make Broadway debut in April 2014". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  15. ^ Thompson, Michael Nordine, Anne. "Best Romance Movies of the 21st Century, Ranked | IndieWire". www.indiewire.com. Retrieved 12 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)