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Making arrangements: a wedding in Dehli and a wake on the English coast.('Monsoon Wedding,' 'Last Orders')
While watching "Monsoon Wedding," you may find yourself feeling uncertain about who these people wandering around onscreen are. Have no fear; not only does the rest of the audience feel the same way but so do half of the people themselves. Take Hemant Rai (Parvin Dabas), a young Indian who lives in Houston; having flown into Delhi, where the movie is set, he is introduced, engaged, and married to a young woman named Aditi (Vasundhara Das) all in the space of a few days. Even by Texan standards, this must seem bewildering. Then there is Aditi's extended family. Her father, Lalit Verma (Naseeruddin Shah), is a fretter, whose love for his relations insures that he spends much ...
- Indian style: The forecast is sunny for Mira Nair's award-winning Punjabi...
- Magazine article from: W Gell, Aaron March 1, 2002 700+ words
...you," director Mira Nair is saying, and despite...astonishing new film, Monsoon Wedding, seems perfectly crafted...native India. While Nair is clearly gratified...and "The Cobra"). Nair, once again showing...with the success of Monsoon Wedding, which opens in the...
- `Monsoon Wedding' moves Indian film into complex aspects of family.(Milwaukee...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Dudek, Duane March 31, 2002 700+ words
...house director Mira Nair appropriated their...terms." Her "Monsoon Wedding" is a colorful...street children. "Monsoon Wedding" is an example...Bollywood," said Nair, "but it's...ambitious. For Nair, it was a conscious...filmmaking basics. "Monsoon Wedding" was ...
- `Monsoon Wedding'.(The Seattle Times)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Macdonald, Moira March 20, 2002 700+ words
...end of Mira Nair's warmhearted new movie "Monsoon Wedding" _ an appropriate...in gray, "Monsoon Wedding" is pure pleasure. Nair is an India...love. ___ MONSOON WEDDING 3-{ stars...Directed by Mira Nair, from a screenplay...
- Monsoon Wedding. .(Movie Review)
- Magazine article from: Cineaste Geller, Conrad September 22, 2002 700+ words
...directed by Mira Nair; screenplay by...right on target for Monsoon Wedding, at least at the...important to them. So Monsoon Wedding shows its unmistakably...of old India (Nair began her filmmaking...the same time as Monsoon Wedding, Lagaan (directed...production against ...
- `Monsoon Wedding'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Hewitt, Chris March 6, 2002 700+ words
...news is that Mira Nair's film about an...credits' vow. "Monsoon Wedding" plays out like...at the end of "Monsoon Wedding," you know what...fixed smiles. ___ MONSOON WEDDING 3 stars Directed by: Mira Nair Starring: Vasundhara...
- `Monsoon Wedding'.
- Newspaper article from: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) March 6, 2002 700+ words
...news is that Mira Nair's film about an...credits' vow. "Monsoon Wedding" plays out like...at the end of "Monsoon Wedding," you know what...fixed smiles. ___ MONSOON WEDDING 3 stars Directed by: Mira Nair Starring: Vasundhara...
- Monsoon Wedding.(Video Recording Review)
- Magazine article from: Video Store Tiffany, Laura September 22, 2002 700+ words
...maid. SELLING PONTS: Monsoon Wedding, released around the same...theaters this summer for Mira Nair's Hysterical Blindness...highlights. Director Mira Nair's insightful DVD commentary reveals why Monsoon Wedding works--she embedded...
- `Monsoon Wedding' director honored.
- Newspaper article from: Zap2It.com October 11, 2004 700+ words
...an exiled Cuban family living in Miami. In 2001, Nair's "Monsoon Wedding" was a critical and commercial hit and earned her...Wedding" to Broadway. Next, the 46-year-old Nair will film "The Namesake," based on the Pulitzer...
