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Monsoon Wedding

Monsoon Wedding

The rain is coming... and so is the family.

20016.81h 54m

Overview

A stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India.

Directed by Mira Nair
Written by Sabrina Dhawan
Produced by Caroline Baron, Robyn Aronstam, Mira Nair
Box OfficeBudget: $1.2MRevenue: $30.8M

Top Cast

Naseeruddin Shah

Naseeruddin Shah

Lalit Verma

Lillete Dubey

Lillete Dubey

Pimmi Verma

Shefali Shah

Shefali Shah

Ria Verma

Vasundhara Das

Vasundhara Das

Aditi Verma

Parvin Dabas

Parvin Dabas

Hemant Rai

Vijay Raaz

Vijay Raaz

P.K. Dubey

Tillotama Shome

Tillotama Shome

Alice

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

C. L. Chadha

K

Kamini Khanna

Shashi Chadha

Randeep Hooda

Randeep Hooda

Rahul Chadha

Themes & Keywords

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About Monsoon Wedding

Monsoon Wedding is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 2001 exploring themes of adultery, child abuse, arranged marriage, delhi, india, family drama, wedding. Directed by Mira Nair, it stars Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shah. A stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India.

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