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Monsoon Wedding
U.S. poster
Directed by
Mira Nair
Written by
Sabrina Dhawan
Produced by
Caroline Baron
Mira Nair
Starring
Naseeruddin Shah
Lillete Dubey
Shefali Shah
Vasundhara Das
Vijay Raaz
Tillotama Shome
Randeep Hooda
Rajat Kapoor
Jas Arora
Cinematography
Declan Quinn
Edited by
Allyson C. Johnson
Music by
Mychael Danna
Production companies
IFC Productions[1] Mirabai Films Delhi Dot Com[2]
Distributed by
USA Films (United States)
Prokino Filmverleih (Germany)[3]
Key Films (Italy)[3]
iDream Productions (India; through SPE Films India)[4][5]
Release dates
30 August 2001 (2001-08-30) (Venice)[6]
30 November 2001 (2001-11-30) (India)
Running time
113 minutes
Countries
India[7]
France[1]
Germany[1]
Italy[1]
United States[1]
Languages
Hindi
English[8]
Budget
US$1.2 million[9]
Box office
US$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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^Kasbekar, Asha (2006). Pop Culture India!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle. ABC-CLIO. p. 182. ISBN 9781851096367.
^ ab"Film #17652: Monsoon Wedding". Lumiere. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
^Nag, Ashoke (5 March 2002). "Col TriStar eases into local pix". Variety. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
^"Distrib cashes in with direct releases". Variety. 8 June 2003. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
^"Monsoon Wedding: Cast and Crew". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
^"Monsoon Wedding (2001)". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^"MONSOON WEDDING - BBFC". BBFC. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
^ ab"Monsoon Wedding". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
^Muir, John Kenneth (2006). Mercy in her eyes: the films of Mira Nair. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 166–7. ISBN 1-55783-649-3.
^"Sony Classics, USA turn up Cannes buying heat". Screen International.
^"rediff.com US edition: Monsoon Wedding heads for the US". Rediff.com.
^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.
^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)
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